Semolina or sooji upma is a common breakfast item that I usually make during weekend when we get bored of eating roti sabji and bread omlete . This is a very easy preparation and I made it a healthy one too by adding vegetables like carrot and capsicum.
Ingredients:
Sooji/Semolina | 2 cup |
Carrot (chopped finely) | 1/2 cup |
Capsicum (chippes finely) | 1/2 cup |
Ginger (grated) | 1 tbsp |
Green chillis (chopped) | 2pc |
Mustard seeds | 1 tsp |
Cumin seeds | 1tsp |
Bay leaves | 2 |
Roasted peanut | 2 tbsp |
Turmeric powder | 1 tsp |
Salt as per taste | |
Sugar | 1 tsp |
Ghee | |
Chopped coriander for garnishing |
Method:
- In a pan, add little ghee and roast sooji in medium flame for about 5 minutes. Keep it aside.
- In a pan heat 1 tbp of ghee and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and bay leaves. When mustard splutters, add grated ginger and green chili. Fry for a few seconds and add chopped vegetables (carrot and capsicum) and fry for 5 minutes.
- Add turmeric powder, red chili powder and roasted peanut, salt and sugar and stir well.
- Now add roasted sooji and mix it well. Pur 4 cups of water (double the amount of sooji added)to that. Stir continuously in low flame for 5 minutes.
- Remove it add some ghee adn garnish with chopped coriander.