Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Vegetable upma

Any dish nutritious and filling should be a welcome to all age groups. As a child making tasty upma was the most challenging, though later in life, it became the simplest thing to make. The main task is to make it lump free.

Ingredients:
100g sooji, 300g mixed vegetables- cauliflower, carrots, broccoli, green peas,beans and onions.

For tempering:
1tbsp oil, 10 cashew nuts, 1/4 tsp mustard seeds, 4 green chillis, ½ tsp grated ginger, ½ tsp garam masala powder and salt to taste.

Preparation:
  1. Roast the sooji and keep aside till use. 
  2. In fact, it is better to roast it before storing this way it can protected from catching worms. 
  3. Dice the vegetables and chop the onion. 
  4. Heat oil an pan, put mustard seeds, cashew nuts, ginger, green chillis and garam masala powder. 
  5. To this add chopped onion fry a little and add the rest of the vegetables and salt. 
  6. After sautéing a bit add 500 ml of water and allow it to come to the boiling point. 
  7. Now is the time for a little care, the sooji should be blended carefully into the boiling vegetable mix stirring thoroughly so that there is no lumps formation. 
  8. Let it simmer for 10 mins and put off the flame.


Serve hot with coconut chutney or sauce.
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