Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Upma


Ingredients:

1 cup of sooji
1/2 small chopped onion
1/4 tomato
Some peanuts
Some chana dal
Some urad dal
Green Chilies
peas
Some curry leaves
Jeera
Mustard seeds
Chopped ginger
Some peas

Steps
:

In a pan, heat some oil/ghee.
Add mustard seeds, jeera, chopped ginger, green chillies, chana dal, urad dal, curry leaves and peanuts and saute.
To that add chopped onions and saute for 2 min.
Add tomatoes and peas and cook for a while.
Add 2.5 cups of water and let it to boil.
Now add the sooji and stir continuously while adding the sooji to avoid lumps.
Mix the sooji well for a minute.
Cover the pan with a lid and lower the flame.
Switch off the gas after couple of minutes.

Goes well with:

peanut chutney, lime pickle