Sunday, April 1, 2007

Semiya Upma ( Shaavige Baath )

Make sure you have all the following ingredients:

1. One cup Vermicelli (semiya)
2. Carrot ½ (chopped vertically)
3. Potato ½ (chopped vertically)
4. Beans ( about 4-5, vertically chopped)
5. Cabbage ( chopped ¼ cup )
6. Tomato ½ (chopped)
7. Green Chilli –1 ( cut )
8. Salt 1 ½ teaspoons
9. Sugar 1 teaspoon
10. Oil -- 3 tablespoons
11. Curry leaves (about 7-8)
12. Mustard seeds ( half teaspoon)
13. Chanaga pappu ( chana daal or gram dal ) 1 teaspoon
14. Minapa pappu ( urad dal or white lentil) 1 teaspoon
15. Cashew or Groundnut 1 teaspoon (optional )
16. Turmeric powder (half teaspoon)
17. Onion ( ½ chopped )

( List of Vegetables are just indicative, vegetables of your choice can be used)





Procedure:


Heat one tablespoon of oil in a kadaai or vessel on low flame and add the vermicelli. Fry till it turns light brown. Add two cups of water to the fried vermicelli and cook it for about 10 minutes on medium flame ( till most of the water is absorbed ).
Take another kadaai or vessel and heat the remaining two tablespoons of oil. Now add ingredients 11 to 15 and fry on low flame for about one minute. Now add onions and turmeric and continue to fry for another minute. Now add ingredients 2 to 9 and continue to fry mixing the ingredients till the vegetables are cooked ( about 5 minutes). Now add the cooked vermicelli to the cooked vegetables and mix well. Your semiya Upma is now ready.
Served with Tomato sauce or Chutney

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey, the semiya upma is very easy to prepare.I make it the other way round but this is far easier and tastier too...
Do post some more veggie items please, like sambhar and vegetable biriyani.
And ask aunty how to make gutthi vankaya curry!!

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