Vegetable upma is an awesome breakfast recipe that is quick and healthy with lots of added vegetables. This is vegan and gluten-free.
This is an easy breakfast option. Mix vegetable upma is a variation of plain upma (savory semolina porridge). In this upma, I'm adding lots of veggies like potatoes, green peas, carrots, cauliflower, french beans, etc in this version. This is one of the easiest and quickest recipes to make for breakfast.
Vegetable Upma | Rava Upma
Upma is an authentic Indian breakfast recipe. It is generally made with rava/semolina or sooji. Vegetable upma is one of the common breakfast options in almost every kitchen in India. Upma is rich in fiber and protein, which keeps you full for longer.
This is one of the best breakfast options for diabetic patients. I have seen my mom preparing this for my dad, who was diabetic. We grew up eating upma for breakfast. And I believe my mom makes the world's best upma.
What vegetables can you add to upma?
You are free to add your choice of vegetables. Potatoes, cauliflower, peas, carrots, and green beans go best with rava or semolina. You can also add broccoli and bell peppers.
Can we give upma to toddlers and kids?
This is an excellent food for toddlers as well. Toddlers may not chew the vegetables. So when preparing for kids, mash the boiled vegetables or grate them before adding them to the pan. This is an excellent food for kids.
How to make vegetable upma?
Chop all veggies, onion, tomato. Keep everything ready before starting.
Now heat one tawa or pan. Add semolina and dry roast for 2 minutes on medium heat, stirring occasionally. There is no need to brown it at all.
Then remove dry roasted semolina to a clean plate.
In the same pan, add 3 tbsp of oil. Add mustard seeds and urad dal and let it splutter.
Add chopped onion, ginger, curry leaves, tomato, and other vegetables. Saute for 3 - 5 minutes on medium flame, covered with a lid.
Then add water (1:3 ratio) and simmer for 3 - 5 minutes more.
Now add dry roasted semolina or rava to boiling water. Stir continuously to avoid any lumps.
Simmer till all water is soaked up and cover with a lid.
Turn off the heat and fluff upma with a fork or spoon. Serve hot.
Expert Tips To Make Perfect Upma
1. It is very important to get the perfect fluffy upma ration of water to rava. For every 1 cup of rava, add 2.5 to 3 cups of water.
2. Add oil or ghee generously so that it won't stick and will be softer and delicious.
3. If you make this dish quite often, dry roast the semolina well in advance and store it in an airtight container. This also saves a lot of time.
4. Keep stirring while adding semolina to boiling water. Otherwise, it will form lumps and will not mix well.
5. The ratio of semolina to water should be 1: 2.5 for plain rava upma, and if adding veggies, keep it 1 : 3.
6. Curry leaves, mustard seeds, and ginger are important ingredients for adding flavor. Also, add some lentils (urad dal) to the tampering.
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Vegetable Upma
Equipment
- 1 pan or skillet
- 1 Spatula
Ingredients
- 1 cup rava/ semolina
- 3 - 4 tbsp refined oil
- ยฝ tsp mustard seeds
- ยฝ tsp ginger finely chopped
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 1 tomato chopped
- 8 - 10 curry leaves
- 2 green chili chopped
- 1 carrots diced
- ยผ cup green peas
- 1 potato peeled & diced
- ยพ tsp salt (as per taste)
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 3 cup water
Instructions
- Take 1 cup of Rava or semolina and dry roast in a flat pan. It wonโt take more than 3-4 mins. After 3 mins when it's fragrant remove from heat and transfer to a dry plate.
- Heat 3 - 4 tbsp refined oil. Once the oil is hot put mustard seeds and let them splutter. You can add a pinch of cumin seeds also with it.
- After that put lentils, curry leaf, ginger, green chilli and onion into it. Saute for a minute. Donโt over heat else onions will turn brown.
- Add sliced tomatoes. Add all chopped vegetables and saute for 5 minutes on medium heat. Cover with a lid.
- Then add 3 cups of water and get them to a boil. Add salt as required or as per taste.
- You can add a pinch of turmeric powder too if you want to give different color to it. However this is optional.
- Simmer for 5 minutes on low film.
- Once vegetables are cooked well, add roasted semolina into pan gradually & slowly. Stir continuously to avoid lumps inside.
- Let it simmer for 3 โ 4 mins more & get cooked properly. Simmer till all water is soaked up.
- In the end you can add few drops of lemon and few coriander leaves.
- Remove from heat and cover with a lid for 2 - 3 minutes.
Nutrition
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