Millet upma | Proso Millet upma | Pani varagu upma
Millet upma is a simple yet nutritious breakfast or dinner item prepared with any kind of millets and vegetables.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 cup proso millet
- pani varagu
- 2 ½ cups water
- 2 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard
- ½ tsp cumin
- 1 tsp gram dal
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 tbsp chopped ginger
- 1 big onion
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 3 green chillies
- 2 red chillies
- 1 carrot
- 1 pinch asafoetida
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Coriander leaves
Instructions
Preparation:
- Rinse Pani varagu two to three times well with clean water.
- Soak for 20 minutes.
Recipe to make Pani varagu upma:
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
- Let them splutter and add gram Dal and urad dal. Fry the lentils to golden brown color.
- Add onion, curry leaves and green chillies.
- Saute onions for few minutes and add finely chopped carrots. Cook carrots for few minutes by sauteing.
- Put a pinch of asafoetida.
- Pour water and add salt.
- Mix and let the water come to full boiling. You can cover and boil the water.
- When water is boiling, add soaked millets and mix well.
- Cover with a lid and cook for ten minutes in low heat. High flame cooking may burn the bottom.
- After ten minutes, water is fully absorbed and millet becomes soft.
- If there is more moisture in the upma still, wait for few more minutes to get it absorbed.
- Finally, add a few drops of lemon juice, mix and switch off.
Notes
Tips: 1) If you are in a hurry, you can make this Millet upma in pressure cooker also. For pressure cooker, use 2 cups water for one cup millet. And for this kadai method always use 2.5 cups of water for 1 cup millet. This is the measurements for any type of millet. 2) As I use lemon juice for the sour taste, I didn't use tomato. You can use tomato if you prefer while sauteing along with onions. 3) You can use chopped beans and green peas also with carrots.
Nutrition
Calories: 300kcal
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