Upma (AKA Uppumaavu)

Name: Upma (AKA Uppumaavu)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: Dry and roasted semolina - 1 cup; One medium sized onion, cut into a small dice; Vegetables of your choice (I prefer carrot, beans and corn) cut into a small dice.; 1 inch of ginger - diced finely and 3 green chilli; For the tempering; 1 tsp mustard seeds; Half tsp fenugreek seeds; 1 tsp of chana dal; 1 tsp of urad dal; 2 tbsp peanuts; 3 stalks curry leaves; 3 tbsp of a sunflower oil or any other neutral oil

8 steps

Prep:15minCook:10min

Thick and savoury porridge made from dry roasted semolina.

Updated at: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 17:21:22 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories625.7 kcal (31%)

Total Fat27.4 g (39%)

Carbs79.6 g (31%)

Sugars6.5 g (7%)

Protein17.2 g (34%)

Sodium19.2 mg (1%)

Fiber8.1 g (29%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

2 servings

1 cupsemolina

Dry and roasted

1onion

medium sized, cut into a small dice

Vegetables

I prefer carrot, beans and corn, cut into a small dice

1 inchginger

diced finely

3green chilli

1 tspmustard seeds

½ tspfenugreek seeds

1 tspchana dal

1 tspurad dal

2 Tbsppeanuts

3 stalkscurry leaves

3 Tbspsunflower oil

or any other neutral oil

Instructions

Step 1

1. Put some water in your kettle to boil.

Step 2

Heat the oil and splutter the mustard seeds first and then add the remaining ingredients mentioned under tempering.

Pan

Wooden Spoon

Step 3

Add the onion, ginger and green chilli and saute until ginger is fragrant and onion turns translucent.

Step 4

Introduce the vegetables and cook them for 2-3 minutes.

Step 5

Introduce the semolina and mix well.

Step 6

At this point, you can add the desired quantity of salt.

Step 7

Once mixed in add really hot water while mixing. Do note that, this absorbs a LOT of water, so you may need more than you think! For starters try going in with double the amount of semolina.

Step 8

Mix in well it should be mixed in throughly and cooked in it. If there is any water in excess you can cook it down until it reaches the consistency of a mash. Remember, don't let it go too dry!