Upma / उपमा

Hello Frnds,

Today we will follow steps for Upma, a spicy version of Sheera.

उपमा / upma made up of semolina or soonji , bit of spicy due to green chillies  but somewhat sweet or somewhat sour due to lemon.
All depends on individual how self wanna to serve it..

Basically I'm very fond of upma...No I must be wrong ,I guess every Indian loves it.It can serve at breakfast time ,evening snack ,or honoring guests....Whatever time whenever you like.

I've very funny incident in my mind ,I would like to share with you.my husband always tease me on this when i make Upma.
When my In laws came at my home for first time to discuss about marriage , I prepared upma for them.My mother was convincing me rather scolding me  that Let her handle Kitchen ..but I was in full swing. I' ve made it but due to my unluck I put so much of sugar in it it turned into sheera..

Rest ended in my embarrassment as everyone was teasing me a lot till now.

So , do not worry ,right now its all ended in perfect appetizer (after practicing a lot)

Our ingredients are:-
2 cup semolina ( medium sized रवा ) and 4tsp of ghee
2 onions (medium)
3 green chili
salt ,oil,
curry leaves , asafoetida , turmeric,
2 tsp of mustard seeds and cumin.
1cup milk, 2 cup water,
2 small tsp of sugar,  1/2 cup cashew nuts, pistachio ,saffron (optional)
garnishing :-coriander seeds , lemon , yellow shev,grated white coconut.

Procedure:-

Take flat bottom vessel.heat the vessel.
Now put all ghee in it and semolina to it.Saute it for next 20 min min on very low flame.
After 20 min ,check semolina ,it should crispy in taste.Switched off heat and remove mixture in dish.

Aside , heat oil /ghee in pan .After heating oil ,add mustard ,Cumin ,asafoetida,curry leaves, onions to it.
On low flame, cover lid till it appears to be golden brown.Add turmeric ,salt ,lemon (optional).
Add sauteed semolina to it.Stir it continuously for 10 min.

Now, in another pan ,add milk and water and sugar , cashew nuts,pistachio to it.Once heated (only one time) add milk to semolina.

take care while poring mixture into pan as it may come out of pan.After pouring on low flame saute mixture for near about 10 min till dish looks enough moist.

if you saute it more than 10 min ,water portion will evaporate and upma will not become smooth.
If it happens add lil bit of milk into it.Again saute it.

Now, cut coriander  ,lemon for garnishing.

Serve hot along with grated coconut ,shev ,coriander on top along with tea.



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