Bread Upma

 Bread is not just to make sandwiches , can be used in various dishes. Bread upma can be made in two varieties , the dry variety , the wet one. Here's one of those two. It's easy to make , quick and delicious to serve as snacks to kids.

Ingredients:

Bread slices - 8
Onion - 1
potato -1
carrot -1
green chillies - 2
coriander leaves chopped- 2 tbspn
mustard seeds - 1/2 tspn
cumin seeds - 1/2 tspn
channa dal - 1/2 tspn
oil - 1 tbspn
salt - 1/2 tspn
water - 2 cups

Procedure:

Finely chopp onions.Cut potato and carrot into small pieces. finely chopp green chillies.

Add oil to a wok .after heated add channa dal, cumin seeds and mustard seeds. after the seeds splutter add green chillies and fry for a minute.

Add onions and fry till transluscent. add potato, carrot and salt(as per taste 1/2 tspn).Cook with closed lid for 15 mins. make sure to mix every 5 mins to avoid burning.

Take a bowl and add water. dip a bread slice and squeeze out the water and keep it aside. repeat with all the slices. separate the bread slices with hand .

Add the bread to the wok and fry it till mixed properly and cook it for 5 mins with open lid.
Add coriander leaves mix well and cook for a minute.

Tasty bread upma can be had as snacks/breakfast.

Masala bath upma

Upma has always been a favourite of mine. There are many of my friends and relatives who hate upma of any kind but my love for it has always lead me to make different varieties of it. The soft texture of sooji upma combined with chutney is mouthwatering.

Its the easiest dish to make when there are sudden guests and the quickest when running against time.

Though upma can be prepared with different main ingredient sooji, broken wheat, vermicelli,poha.. masala bath always works for sooji rava.

Combine it with Groundnut Chutney for yummy results.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

Sooji - 1 cup
onion - 1 medium

cinnamon sticks - 1/4 tspn
garlic - 3 pods
ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tspn
green chillies - 2

seasoning
mustard seeds - 1/2 tspn
cumin seeds - 1/2 tspn
channa dal- 1/2 tspn
split urud dal - 1/2 tspn
curry leaves - 5

turmeric - a pinch
cashews - 2 tbspn
oil - 2 tbspn
ghee - 1 tbspn
water 2 1/2 cups

Procedure:

• Peel garlic finely chop it and keep aside. Chop green chillies
• Finely chop onion. Can be coarse too but finely chopped one mixes with upma well and gives good taste.
• Sooji can be roasted as per wish but I never roast it. Roasted sooji will give a good aroma and nice flavour. Dry roast sooji till its almost brown and let it cool down.This is optional.
• In a wok add oil . Once heated add the seasoning ingredients, cashews, chillies, cinnamon , garlic and fry it.
• Once the mustard seeds splutter and cashews are turning brownish add onion and a pinch of salt and fry it.
• add ginger garlic paste, turmeric and fry it till onions are almost transluscent.
• add water 2 1/2 cups for 1 cup sooji . Add salt as per taste now and let the water come to a boil.
• Once the water is boiled add sooji. Sooji should be added slowly while stirring with spatula so as to avoid any lumps.
• Once added let it cook in low flame with closed lid for 10 minutes.
• Add ghee now , mix it properly and close the lid and switch off flame.
• Let the upma sit for 5 mins as it will cook further.
• Can add coriander leaves for garnish.
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Atukula Upma

Ingredients:
atukulu (flattened rice/beaten rice)- 1 cup
onion- 1
ground nuts- 2 tbspn
mustard seeds
cumin seeds
turmeric powder
green chillies
coriander leaves

procedure:

soak atukulu in water for 10 mins.

in a wok add oil and add the seasoning mustard,cumin seeds, green chilli and groundnuts
once splutters add onions and fry till transluscent.

drain the soaked atukulu to remove all water.
add atukulu in the wok and add turmeric powder and mix well.
fry it for 5 mins in low flame to cook the atukulu.
add chopped coriander leaves at the end.

Godhuma ravva upma

Ingredients:

carrot– 1
potato – 1 // other veggies like beans and green peas can be added
onions – 1
green chillies – 2
godhuma ravva – 1 cup
water -2 cups
ghee – 2 tbspn(optional)
salt – to taste ( 1 tbspn)

For seasoning

oil -2 tbspn
mustard seeds – 1/2 tspn
cumin seeds – 1/2 tspn
bengal gram – 1/2 tspn
curry leaves – 4-5 leaves

Procedure:

finely chop the onions,chillies, carrots and potatoes. In a pan/handi add oil. Once it gets heated add the remaining seasoning and wait till the seeds splatter. add the chillies and fry it for a minute.
add the onions and fry till transluscent. add the vegetables and salt and close the lid and cook it for 5 mins.

Once the vegetables are cooked pour water and bring it to boil. any check for salt taste has to be done before adding rava. once the water boils slowly add the rava while mixing it to avoid lumps. the rava should be completely immersed in the water, close the lid and cook it for 5 mins. later add the ghee(optional) and mix it properly and cook with close lid for 2 mins.

Upma can be served with chutney.

Oats Upma

A healthy and tasty breakfast/snacks/dinner recipe...

Ingredients

tomatos - 2

onions -2

green chilli -3

coriander leaves

oats

oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds for seasoning

PROCEDURE

1. Heat oil in a pan and put mustard seeds, cumin seeds for seasoning

2. Fry the chopped vegetables (onions, tomatoes and green chillies) with some salt to taste

3. Once the vegetables are cooked, add water (2 cups) and let it boil

4.Meanwhile fry oats (1 cup) in ghee for 2 mins on a separate pan

5. Add oats to the boiling water and let it cook on low flame.

6. Garnish it with coriander leaves and oats upma is ready to serve