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How To Make Upma

This upma recipe teaches you how to make a South Indian dish that’s typically eaten for breakfast. This version mixes semolina with carrots and peas.

Preparation: 5 minutes

Cooking: 5 minutes

Total: 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

½tbspolive oil
¼tspindian mustard seed
½tspurad dal
5curry leaves
¼cuponion,diced
¼cupcarrot,finely shredded
¼cupfrozen green peas
½cupfine semolina
¾tspsalt
¼cupplain yogurt
roasted cashews or cashew nuts,fried, for optional garnish

Instructions

Heat the oil in a large nonstick pan. Add the mustard seeds and urad dal. Once the seeds start to pop, add the curry leaves.
Quickly add the onions and stir to let the onions soften. Add the carrots and peas and stir for a few more minutes.
Add the semolina and 1½ cups of water and salt. Stir as it thickens keeping the heat to medium. This should only take a minute.
Once it is getting thicker, stir in the yogurt and remove from the heat.
Garnish with cashews and serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 260.61kcal
Fat: 7.07g
Saturated Fat: 1.61g
Monounsaturated Fat: 3.99g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.02g
Carbohydrates: 40.94g
Fiber: 3.99g
Sugar: 4.35g
Protein: 8.71g
Cholesterol: 3.98mg
Sodium: 316.07mg
Calcium: 74.08mg
Potassium: 287.30mg
Iron: 1.86mg
Vitamin A: 147.17µg
Vitamin C: 10.54mg

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