Preparation Time: 5 minutes.
Cooking Time: 12 minutes.
Serves 4.
1 cup semolina (rava/ sooji)
1½ tbsp oil
½ tsp mustard seeds (rai/sarson)
1 tsp urad dal (split black lentils)
4 curry leaves (kadi patta)
2 slit green chillies
¼ cup finely chopped onions
Salt to taste
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp sugar
For the garnish 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
1. Heat the semolina in a kadhai and dry roast on a mdium flame for 4 to 5 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Keep aside.
2. Heat the oil in a kadhai and add the mustard seeds.
3. When the seeds crackle, add the urad dal, curry leaves and green chillies and sauté on a medium flame for a few seconds.
4. Add the onions and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
5. Add the roasted semolina, 3 cups of hot water and salt and mix well and cover with a lid and cook on a slow flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
6. Add the lemon juice and sugar, mix well and cook on a medium flame for another 1 minute, while stirring continuously.
7. Fill the upma in a glass bowl and demould on a plate. Serve hot garnished with coriander.