Breakfast

Sooji upma

Name: Sooji upma
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 0.75 cup semolina; 1 piece onion; 1 piece carrot; 0.25 cup peas; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1 tbsp curry leaves; 2 piece green chilli; 2 cup water; 1 tsp salt; 1 tbsp ghee or oil; 0.5 piece lemon

Roasted semolina cooked with mustard, curry leaves, onion and a little carrot and peas. A quick south Indian breakfast bowl.

20 min

0 of 4 steps done

2 servings

Heat: Medium

Approximate nutrition

A rough guide per original serving, not a lab test.

Energy320 per serving
Protein8g per serving
Carbs50g per serving
Fibre4g per serving

Ingredients

Method

1.Dry-roast the semolina on a low flame until it smells toasted and looks a shade darker. Tip it out.
2.In the same pan heat ghee or oil, splutter mustard, then add curry leaves, chilli, onion, carrot and peas.
3.Pour in hot water and salt. When it boils, rain in the roasted sooji while stirring so lumps do not form.
4.Cover and cook on low for 3 minutes. Fluff with a fork and finish with lemon.

Sooji upma

Approximate nutrition

Ingredients

Method

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