Vegetable Upma/Sooji upma/Bombay ravva upma/Semilona upma/Ravve upma

Today,I am sharing the basic recipe of Upma,which is a famous South Indian breakfast, made with semilona/ sooji/upma ravva,onions,green chilies. We can add vegetables like carrots,beans,capsicum,radish,green peas etc., to make it more tastier and healthier.I have used carrots and  french beans in this recipe. There are many variants in this upma,we can make a basic one with sooji or with rice grains, semiya,beaten rice,cracked wheat etc., But the Upma with semolina/sooji is the best among them and is commonly prepared as a breakfast by many south Indians.

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 15 mins

Yield : 2

Ingredients:

Semolina/sooji/bombay ravva/upma ravve : 1 cup

Onion : 1

Green chilies/mirchi/menasinakayi : 3-4 no.

Red chilies/endu mirchi/ona menasina kayi : 5-6 no.

Curry leaves/karivepaku/karivebina soppu : fistful

Mustard seeds/avallu/sasive : 1 tsp

Cumin seeds/jeera/jeerige : 1 tsp

Bengal gram/senaga pappu/kadale bele : 1 tsp

Split black gram/mina pappu/uddhina bele : 1 tsp

Carrots : 2

 FrenchBeans : 2 no.

salt : to taste

Oil : 1 tbsp

Method of Preparation :

1. Chop carrots and beans into small pieces,chop onion into  thin long slices,chop green chilies into slices/split each green chily into two.


2. Heat a tbsp of oil in a kadai,crackle mustard seeds,then add cumin seeds,Bengal gram, Black gram,red chilies,curry leaves and saute for 30 secs.Then add onion pieces,green chilly slices ,saute till the onion pieces turn transparent.


3. Then add carrot pieces and beans pieces,fry for 3-5 mins.Then add 2 1/2 cups of water (2 cups for boiling sooji,1/2 cup for boiling vegetables),salt and bring it boil.


4. Then add sooji/semolina slowly by continuous stirring to avoid lumps and let it cook for 4-5 mins or till it gets cooked/boiled completely.


5. Dish out and serve with cabbage chutney /sorakaya chutney/tomato chutney or even with a pickle.

[caption id="attachment_619" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]  Vegetable Semolina Upma/ vegetableUpma[/caption]

Note : We can  also add grated carrot instead of  carrot pieces.

Can also add other vegetables also.