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Upma | Suji Upma Recipe | How to make Upma

A popular South Indian breakfast recipe.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Cups Upma Rawa/Sooji/Semolina
  • 5 Cups Water
  • Salt to Taste
  • 4 Green Chillies
  • 4 Long " Ginger
  • 2 Medium Onions
  • 3 Tbsp Oil
  • 3 Tbsp Ghee
  • 1 Tsp Mustard Seeds
  • 1 Tsp Cumin Seeds
  • 1 Tsp Urad Dal
  • 1 Tsp Chana Dal
  • 5 to 5 7 Curry Leaves
  • Fistful Coriander Leaves

Instructions
 

  • Chop onions, green chillies. Peel the skin of ginger and chop it also into small pieces.
  • Heat oil and ghee, roast 2 cups of smolina/sooji or Upma Rawa till the aroma comes out.
  • Heat oil in the same wok and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal and chana dal.
  • Once they splutter and change their color, add chopped green chillies and ginger. Add curry leaves also.
  • Saute it till the onions become translucent and add salt and again saute.
  • Add 4 cups of water. Cover and allow them to boil.
  • Once the water comes to rolling boil, add sooji stirring continuously.
  • We have to be careful while adding sooji as it is tend to form lumps, if we do not stir it properly.
  • Allow this to cook for 5 minutes.
  • Once it is cooked completely add ghee and 1 tbsp of oil to it and mix it well.
  • Serve it with curd and Mango pickle or even we can serve it with coconut chutney.
Keyword semolina, suji, upma varities