Vegetable Upma

Vegetable Upma

This is one of my favorite breakfasts.Here goes the recipe

Ingredients
1 cup Upma rava (sooji/cracked wheat)
2 cups water
Salt as required
2-3 green chillies
2 carrots thinly sliced
1/2 onion sliced lengthwise
2 tbsp soya beans/lima beans or any beans
1 tbsp vegetable oil

Tadka
1/4 tsp zeera
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
5-8 groundnuts/cashewnuts
1/2 tsp chana dal (optional)
1/4 inch ginger finely chopped
4-5 curry leaves

Method
Toss the oil in a pan and heat it o n medium flame.
Once the oil is hot , toss all the ingredients listed under Tadka.Fry them for 3 mins
Now add the green chillies, onions and vegetables.Fry them for another 3-4 min.

Now add water, salt and let it boil until you ser bubbles

Roast the cracked wheat/rava in a separate pan until it turns light brown
Stir roasted cracked wheat/rava slowly into the boiling water so that there are ni lumps
Reduce the flame to low, cover it with lid and cook for another 7 mins.keep mixing occasionally
Serve it with groundout chutney/mango/lime pickle