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Upma (Thick semolina porridge)

Upma (Thick semolina porridge) is one of the Indian breakfasts often made. It can be made in a jiffy and is served hot with coconut chutney or any other chutney. It can be made easily and can even be served as a snack.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 2 people
Cuisine: Indian
Calories: 1234
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Semolina Preferably very coarse
  • ½ Onion Chopped
  • ½ Green chilli Chopped
  • 1 tsp Finely cut or grated ginger
  • A sprig of curry leaves
  • 2 Cups water Or 1½ cups according to the consistency
  • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp Yellow split dry lentil Chana dal
  • 1 tsp Clarified Butter Ghee
  • 1 tsp finely chopped ginger

Method
 

  1. In a pan, dry roast the semolina until it is little brown (Taking care it is not burnt). Keep it aside.
  2. In a pan, heat the clarified butter and add the mustard seeds, chana dal, ginger and the curry leaves. Let them splutter.
  3. Add the onion and green chilli and fry it for a few seconds.
  4. Add the water to it. Let the water come to a boil and simmer the flame.
  5. Slowly add the roasted semolina little by little to the boiling water and keep stirring so as not to form lumps.
  6. Make sure that the semolina is thoroughly mixed. It gets thicker very fast, so keep stirring.
  7. Serve hot with chutney.