Hello beautiful people! Hope all is well. Today's cooking is semolina/upma. semolina is a milled flour from durum wheat. It's healthy and budget- friendly. It's one of the staple food in our kitchen, and Iam happy to share how I cook my semolina/upma.
Including semolina in your regular diet has got lots of benefits.
● Helps Improves digestion.
● Helps manage diabetes.
● Helps to lower cholesterol levels.
● Helps to fight ageing.
● Helps to lose weight.
So let's carry on;
Ingredients:
Mustard seed 1 /2 tbspn
Semolina 2 cup
Water
Grated ginger & turmeric 1tspn.
Onion 1 medium
Shredded Coconut 3 tspn
Green peas a handful
Carrot ( chopped )a handful
Cashew, peanut, dried grapes ( optional )
Curry leaves 1 sprig
Coriander leaves
Green chili 2 pcs.
Process as shown below
● Prepare all necessary ingredients
● Heat oil in a pan. Once the oil is hot. Splutter mustard seed.
● add in curry leaves. Fry for 1 min.
● Add in onion, saute till translucent.
● Add in nuts, keep the flame on low.
● Continue mixing.
● Add in greenpeas, continue to saute.
● Add in turmeric & ginger. Continue to mix.
( I have put the vegetables first, because it takes time to soften my green peas and carrot )
● Saute till the aroma from turmeric & ginger goes.
● Add in carrots.
● Saute vegetables till they become tender.
● Add in semolina.
● Roast semolina till it becomes golden yellow .
● Add salt.
● By this time the semolina turns golden yellow.
Add in milk.
● Add in water. The semolina is quick to absorbed the liquid. The ratio of semolina and liquid is 1:1
( in here I used 2 cups of semolina, 1 cup of milk & 1 cup of water )
You may add a little more water, incase necessary.
● Add in coriander leaves. Continue mixing.
● mix semolina till all the liquid is absorbed
● Upma is ready. HAPPY EATING ! 🌻
Thank you very much for visiting! try this recipe and let me know your feedback.