Vegetable Upma

Overview
A delicious and healthy dish which is a traditional south Indian breakfast. Upma can be made plain or with vegetables of your choice. This dish includes a full serving of vegetables. This is a very easy dish to make. My boys love this dish.

Vegetable Upma

Vegetable Upma Ingredient

Ingredients
1 1/2 cup semolina
1/4 cup thin sliced green beans
1/4 cup carrots thin sliced
1 cup cabbage thin sliced
1/4 cup peas
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
1 inch ginger finely chopped
3 - 4 green chillies finely chopped
Curry leaves 2 sprigs
Mustard seeds - 1 tablespoon
Oil 3 tablespoon
Salt to taste

Steps
1. Roast the semolina in a pan with 1 tablespoon oil. Fry till the semolina is finely roasted. Keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot add the mustard seeds and let it splutter. Add the finely chopped onions, green chillies, ginger and curry leaves to this. Fry few minutes.
3.Add the sliced vegetables and peas to this and saute well. Add salt needed for the vegetables saute few minutes till the vegetables are half cooked.
4. Boil 3 cups water in a pan and add it to the vegetable mixture. Add salt as needed and to this boiling mixture add the roasted semolina. Mix well with out any lumps and when it is in thick  and water evaporated turn off heat.

Serve hot just as is or with any Indian pickle.

Jackfruit Beef Cutlet

Overview
Raw jackfruits makes a good healthy substitute for potatoes in this cutlet. I got frozen raw jackfruit from Indian store which I used here for this dish. Cooked mashed jackfruit makes a good binding agent for the cutlets.

Jackfruit Beef Cutlets

Jackfruit Beef Cutlet Ingredients

Ingredients
Ground beef 1.5 pounds
Raw Jackfruit - 1 pound
Red Onion 2 finely chopped
Ginger 2 inch piece finely jobbed
Green chillies 4 - 6 finely chopped
Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
Cilantro 1/4 cup finely chopped
Black pepper powder coarsely ground - 1 tablespoon
Fennel seed powder - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Eggs - 2
Bread crumbs - 1 cup
Oil for deep frying

Steps
1. Brown the ground beef in a pan and keep aside.
2. Chop the thawed raw jackfruit into small pieces. Cook in pressure cooker with half cup water, turmeric powder and salt and cook well. Mash the jackfruit well it should not have any water keep aside.
3. Heat 2 tables spoon of oil in a pan and saute the finely chopped onions, ginger, curry leaves and green chillies till the onions are soft and all water is evaporated. Let it cool to room temperature.
4. Mix together the browned ground beef, mashed raw jackfruit, sauted onions, ginger, curry leaves and green chillies and mix well. Add the finely chopped cilantro, black powder and fennel seed powder and salt if needed. Mix well
5. Mix well and make desired shape for the cutlet. Take two egg whites and beat well. Mix each shaped cutlet in the egg whites and then in bread crumbs. coat and shape well
6. Heat oil for deep frying the cutlets. When the oil is hot fry the cutlets on medium heat till the cutlets are brown.

Serve hot with onion salad and ketchup