Semiya pulao /vermicelli pulao

Ingredients:

*Vermicelli 2cup
*Onions – 2 nos,
*Peas- 1 cup,
*Coriander- 1 table spoon,
*Pudina – 1 table spoon,
*Green chilllies- 4 nos,
*Ginger garlic paste – 2 table spoons,
*Oil – 2 table spoons,
*Ghee – 2 table spoons,
*Garam masala powder – 1 table spoon

Method:

 Take plenty of water and boil. Now add vermicelli and salt to the water and cook till it is done.

 You can switch off the stove when vermicelli is becoming transparent and drain out the water and let the vermicelli cool.

Boil peas in water adding little salt and keep aside.

Now take oil and ghee in a kadai and fry oinions, ginger garlic paste, green chillies, boiled peas and add coriander, pudina leaves and finally add garam masala powder and salt to taste.

Then add cooked and cold vermicelli in the kadai and stir nicely and close the lid for 2 mins. Different and very tasty vermicelli pulav is ready.

Note: You can serve hot or cold.You can serve with onion raitha or boondi raitha.

Ravva upma ( with all kind of ravva's)

Ingredients :

* 1 cup  rava (semolina/bombayi ravva/sooji/cracked wheat/rice ravva/biyyam ravva/goduma ravva/semiya)
* 4 green chillies
* 1/2 cup milk
* 1 piece ginger
* 4 small bay leaves(tej patta)
 * 1 teaspoon mustard seeds,
 * urad, and chana dal
* 25 fried cashewnuts
 * few curry leaves
* 1 onion chopped finely
* coriander leaves for garnishing
* Water 4cups
* salt to taste.

sooji upmasemiyaupma

Method :

Fry rava to a golden colour in 2-3 teaspoon ghee. Heat 2 teaspoons oil and put some tadka in the heat pan by adding  the mustard seeds,jeera,chanaddal,peanuts few,urad dal ...

When the dals become red add ginger, chillies, bay and curry leaves and onion and fry.

Add milk and mix well.Then pour 4 cups water, add some salt to it  and bring  it to a boil, reduce heat and add rava slowly by continuous stirring.

Cook while stirring constantly till the rava become thick and dry. Garnish with coriander leaves, mix in cashewnuts and serve immediately with coconut chutney.

Note:
Here u can use any type of ravva is same procedure to make upma, only water quantity varies .

 for Ex:sooji-4-6 cups of water can b used for 1 cup of ravva.
           cracked wheat ravva:2-21/2cups of water for 1 cup
we can add some vegetables like peas,tamatoes,beans etc

These are approximate measures...

BREAD UPMA

Ingredients:


* 10-12 bread slices
* 1 medium size onion chopped
* 3 green chilies
* 4-5 curry leaves
* 1/2 tsp mustard
* 1/2 tsp jeera/cumin (optional)
* 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
* 1 1/2 tsp garam masala
* 1 cup yogurt
* 1 tsp oil
* 2 tbsp chopped coriander/cilantro,
* 2 tbsp grated coconut
* asafoetida (pinch)
salt to taste


Method:


Toast the all breads taken in a toaster
Make a  small pieces of the bread slices with hand or cut into cubes with a knife.
Chop the onions, green chilies and coriander.
Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, once they splutter add jeera/cumin, curry leaves and asafoetida.
Add onions and fry until they become transparent .
Add turmeric powder followed by bread pieces, cup yogurt and salt saute the ingredients untill they mix properly.
Keep tossing for sometime or until all the pieces are properly coated with the oil.
 then sprinkle the garam masala over the bread n saute sometime untill all the garam masala mixed .
Cover the pan, and let cook for 5 minutes. Remove the lid and mix.
Add the grated coconut and chopped cilantro. Mix well. Cover and cook for another 2 minutes.

serve hot hot bread upma.
no need side dish or anything

*You can also add chopped tomatoes, green peas or potatoes for variation.*

Oats upma recipe

Ingredients:

Quacker Oats (traditional not instant) - 3cups

Sour curds (low fat) - ½ cup
Water - ½ cup
Green chilies - 6
Chopped coriander - 2 tbsp
Lime juice - 1 tbsp
Roasted peanuts
Canola or Olive Oil as required
Salt to taste
For tempering:
Chana dal - 1 tbsp
Urd dal - 1 tbsp
Red chilies (optional) - 1 or 2
Cumin - 1 tsp
Turmeric - ½ tsp
Asafetida (hing) - 1 pinch
Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Method:

1 Heat oil in a pan add the ingredients for tempering. When the oil starts spattering add chopped green chillies and let them cook for a couple of minutes

2 Put Quaker Oats in 3 cups of water, drain immediately and put in the pan.

3.Mix sour curds and water and sprinkle half of it on the oats, add salt to taste, cover and cook for one minute while stirring to prevent the oats from forming lumps

4.Add the remaining water, roasted peanuts and coriander and cover the pan and cook for one more minute.

5.Remove from fire mix lemon juice and keep aside for five minutes

Caution:You will need to keep stirring so that the oatmeal does not form lumps.

2nd procedure for upma:

INGREDIENTS:

Oats- 2 cups
Minced ginger- ½ tsp
Ghee- 3 tsp
Curry leaves—a few
Water- 4 and 1/2 cups
Urad dal- 1 tbsp
Salt- as required
Chana dal- 2 tsp
Asafetida- a pinch
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Sliced green chilies- 3 (chopped)
Dried red chilies- 2
Sliced onion- 1
Oil- as required

Method:

Roast the oats in a pan without oil for about 3 mins and keep it aside. Heat some oil in the pan and add urad dal, chana dal, mustard seeds, green chillies , dry red chillies and fry for some time till the dal turns golden brown. Now add sliced onions, minced ginger and curry leaves. Sauté the onions till they are tender, add asafetida and salt. Add water and allow it to boil for some time and then add the roasted oats. Keep stirring till all the water is absorbed and oats are thoroughly cooked and serve with some chutney.

ALOO POHA RECIPE

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