Vermicelli Upma For An Indian Breakfast

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Vermicelli upma is a perfect Indian breakfast to enjoy on your weekend. Throughout the week, we grab easy to stuff breakfast like bread or fruits. So, you can treat yourself with a delicious breakfast recipe on this weekend. Vermicelli upma is a special upma recipe that is made with semolina or vermicelli instead of sooji. Vermicelli upma is simple and takes just 20 minutes to prepare it. This breakfast recipe is nutritious and delicious too.

You can add the vegetables of your choice to your vermicelli upma. But for this upma recipe we have only used peas and carrots. The dals (pulses) added to this breakfast recipe provide the elements of proteins along with fibrous carbohydrates. It thus makes a wholesome meal.

Serves: 4

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

• Vermicelli- 1 cup (100 grams)
• Ghee- 1tbsp
• Mustard seeds- 1/2tsp
• Curry leaves- 5
• Green chillies- 2 (chopped)
• Onion- 1 (chopped)
• Chana dal- 1tbsp
• Urad Dal- 1tbsp
• Carrot- 1 (chopped)
• Peas- 1/2 cup
• Tomato- 1 (chopped)
• Coriander leaves- 1 cop (chopped)
• Salt as per taste
• Oil- 1tbsp

Procedure

1. Heat ghee in a pan until it is steaming. Saute the vermicelli in the pan for 3-4 minutes on a low flame.

2. When the vermicelli turns reddish-brown, remove it from flame.

3. Now heat oil in a deep bottomed pan. Season it with mustard seeds, curry leaves and green chillies.

4. Add the chopped onions to the pan and saute on low flame for 2-3 minutes until it turns golden.

5. Next, add the chana dal and the urad dal and stir fry it for 2-3 minutes on a low flame.

6. Pout the vegetables, that is, peas and carrots to the pan and saute for a minute.

7. Add tomato and salt to pan. Stir it to mix and cook for 3-4 minutes on a medium flame.

8. After this, add the roasted vermicelli to the pan and mix it completely with the vegetables.

9. Add two cups of water and the chopped coriander leaves. Cover and cook on low flame for 10 minutes.

10. Keep stirring occasionally to stop the upma from forming lumps.

Serve vermicelli upma hot from the gas oven. It tastes best when it is warm and fresh.