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.