Upma` Quick Upma recipe` Breakfast Upma by Tarla Dalal

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.