Upma - festival version

Upma,uppittu-A wholesome healthy meal option.

Very popular for breakfast in south indian homes.

Packed with nutrition and keeps u energetic for the whole day.

My mom makes varieties of upma and each tastes so very different.One of my favourite upma is the dry variety made with peas and no onion added.So this is usually made on festivals like Shivaratri.

Ingredients

semolina/rava ................... 1.5 cup
water..................................3 cup
green peas frozen/fresh......3/4 cup
grated coconut....................1.5Tbspn
green chilly.........................2
curry leaves.........................2 string
oil.+ghee.............................4 Tbpsn + 2 Tbspn
mustard seeds......................1/2 tspn
cumin seeds.........................1/4 tspn
urad dal................................1/2 tspn
chana dal..............................1/2 tspn
grated ginger........................1/2 tspn
salt to taste

Process

1)Fry the semolina in medium hot flame with 1 tspn ghee till u get nice aroma.Dont make it brown!Keep stirring it  often as it burns soon.

2)Take oil in a deep bottom pan when hot add mustard seeds,cumin seeds,when it splutters add urad dal and fry till  light golden brown,add curry leaves.Then comes the ginger,fry for few seconds and add the green peas.Lets fry it for 2 min .

3)Add water ,salt, 1 Tbspn ghee & coconut.Cover it and let it boil for 8 min or till the peas is cooked.Peas doesn't take too long.

4)Bring the flame to low minimum.Keep stirring continuously in one hand and in the other hand add semolina slowly.You should do both the work together.This is because u don't want any lumps in upma.

5)Now add 1 Tbspn ghee cover it and let it sit in low flame for about 10 min.

6) Hot upma is ready to enjoy .