Semiya Upma Recipe / Vermicelli Upma Recipe - South Indian Breakfast Recipe

Semiya Upma

Ingredients for tempering
Oil - 4 tsp
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal and Channa dal - each 1 tsp
Cashew nuts - 6 broken
Other ingredients
Semiya/Vermicelli roasted- 1 cup
Boiling water 1 & 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Sliced onion - a handful
Slit green chillies - 2
Grated or chopped ginger - 1/4 tsp
Carrot - 1 small cubed
Peas - 1/4 cup
Curry leaves few
Ghee - 1 tsp
Method
Heat oil in a pan and temper it with above ingredients.
Now add the onion,green chillies,ginger fry till onions change colour.
Add the vegetables and salt saute for couple minutes.
Add the roasted vermicelli saute for a second and then add the boiling water . Mix well and cover it with a lid and cook in low flame till done.
Switch off the stove add ghee and curry leaves.
Mix and serve hot with pickle or chutney.
Note:
a) If you are not adding vegetables then add 1 & 1/4 cup boiling water for 1 cup vermicelli.
b) Add vegetables of your choice.
c) Roasting the vermicelli is very important to avoid upma  getting mushy.
d) A perfect kids lunch box recipe.

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