Ingredients:
Sago/sabudana: 250 grams (nearly 1 1/2 cup)
Peanuts/moong phalli: 80 grams (nearly 1/2 standard cup) Oil/tel:
3 tablespoons Cumin seeds/sabuth zeera:
1 1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds/rai:
1 1/2 teaspoon Diced ginger/kati hui adrak:
1 teaspoon Diced garlic/kati hui lehsan:
1 teaspoon Black gram/maash/urad dal:
2 tablespoons Curry leaves/kari patta:
2 1/2 tablespoons Thinly diced carrot/kata hua gajar:
2 1/2 tablespoons Whole green chillies/sabuth hari mirch: 4 Cumin powder/zeera powder or chaat masala :
2 teaspoons Salt/bareek namak:
1 1/2 teaspoon Lemon:
1/2 Chopped coriander/kata hua hara dhaniya:
1 1/2 tablespoon
Procedure:
1. Soak sago or sabudana for about 4 to 5 hours or soak overnight.
2. Next morning, strain the water and leave sabudana on the strainer for about 30 minutes till the water is strained thoroughly.
3. Roast peanuts, peel its skin and crush or grind roughly. Keep aside.
4. Add oil to a pan.
5. When the oil is hot, add cumin seeds or sabuth zeera and mustard seeds or rai. Let crackle.
6. Add diced ginger, diced garlic and washed and strained black gram or maash or urad dal.
7. Stir fry for 30 seconds.
8. Add curry leaves and thinly diced carrot.
9. Stir fry for 30 seconds.
10. Add thinly diced green chillies. salt and cumin or zeera powder ( you can add chaat masala instead of cumin powder).
11. Add strained sago or sabudana.
12. Add roughly ground peanuts.
13. Mix well. Add lemon juice.
14. Add chopped coriander.
15. Close the lid and cook for about 5 to 10 minutes .
Stir at times to prevent burning.
Sabudana or Sago Upma is ready. Dish out and serve hot.