Healthy carrot upma
HEALTHY CARROT UPMA /CARROT SEMOLINA PORRIDGE / CARROT SOOJI UPMA / CARROT RAVA UPMA
A popular and easy breakfast recipe from south india and western india, cooked with dry roasted semolina / sooji. it can be prepared with several variations and hence it is known with different names like, uppumavu, uppuma, uppindi, uppeet etc
Upma, uppumavu or uppittu is a dish originating from the Indian subcontinent, most common in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtrian, Gujarat, Odia and Sri Lankan Tamil breakfast, cooked as a thick porridge from dry-roasted semolina or coarse rice flour.
Upma should be your go-to breakfast meal if you wish to lose weight quickly. A bowl of upma has fiber, vitamins, and healthy fats. It is low in cholesterol and calories which makes it a healthy meal and helps you have a balanced diet. Upma is prepared using semolina and it is full of iron.
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INGREDIENTS
- Rawa / bombay rava [ not fine ] – 1 cup
- Ghee + oil – 2 or 3 tbsp
- Cashew few broken
- Grated carrot – 1 cup
- Grated ginger – 1 tsp
- Chopped green chilli – 1 or 2 as per taste
- Mustard seeds + urad dal – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves – few
- Salt as to taste
- Water as required – 3 ½ to 4 water
METHOD
Heat oil + ghee in a pan add mustard seeds + urad dal + cashew and let it splutter .
Add curry leaves + chilli + grated ginger and give a stir .
Add the carrot and stir fry for a min .
Add the rava , mix well and fry for 4 to 5 mins on low flame . **[ this mixture can now be stored in a container and kept in fridge for a day ]
Remove the mixture in a plate.
In the same pan keep 4 cups of water + salt to boil .
Gradually add the roasted rava and mix well so that no lumps are formed . [ be careful as the rava may splutter ]
Cook till the rava absorbs complete water .
Cover and cook for 2 mins till the rava is fully cooked.
In between stir so that the rava doesn’t stick to the bottom.
Off the flame , cover and allow it to rest for 3 to 4 mins.
Serve hot with chutney + vada + filter coffee .
NOTES
- Instead of urad dal , we can add chana dal while tempering .
- Don’t reduce ghee or oil , infact you can add little more for more flavour, also rava has dry texture .
- Roasting well is compulsory or the upma will be sticky.
- Instead of green chilli you can add red chilli .
- You can also drizzle few drops of lemon in the end.
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