Bisi bisi vegetable Upma

Hello,

Let me share with you the worlds best breakfast. 

You thouhgt its very easy to make Upma wait, till I explain to you the process!! Its need lot of effort and technique to make tasty yummy upma.  Over the years I have mastered the art of making tasty Upma.

Ingredients

Semolina/sooji rawa -  1 1/2 cup

Vegetables 

Onion - 1

carrot - 1

beans - a few

ginger - a big piece

green chilly - 2

curry leaves - a few

sunflower oil - 1 tbsp

ghee - 2tbsp

coconut oil - 1 tsp

mustard seed - 1 tsp

broken urad dal - 1/2 tsp

channa dal - 1 tsp

hing powder - 1/2 tsp

salt - as required

Method of Preparation

*In a heated pan roast semolin/sooji rawa by adding a spoonful of oil till golden yellow. You will get the roasted aroma when its ready. Make sure you keep the flame low so that it will not burn the rawa. Remove it on a plate.

Wait till I explain to you the level of difficulty.

* cut all the vegetables into small pieces. Cut a few curry leaves. 

* Boil 3 to 4 cups of water in a vessel.

Pour oil in the same pan in which you fried the rawa. When hot add mustard, urad dal and channa dal. When mustard spluter add chopped vegetables fry till they are just cooked, add fried rawa, salt and hing powder and saute more. Once well mixed start adding boiled water 2 cups at first, reduce the flame allow the rawa to cook. After sometime add one more cup of boiled water, reduce the flame. Let the rawa cook till soft and tender like soft flowerets. Add curry leaves. If necessary add more water and cook further. But make sure you add just a little water at a time. Once done pour coconut oil on top and serve hot with pickle and curd/sambhar. 

Read how Upma won the best breakfast award!!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Up-Up-Upma-Indian-chef-wins-100000-prize-in-New-York/articleshow/8881462.cms