Upma

This is a breakfast dish in the southern part of India.

Ingredients

1 cup Cream of wheat or Semolina
1 Onion cut lengthwise
1 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
1/8 tsp Urad dal
1 cup Cashew-nut
¼ Lemon
1/2 cup Peas
1 clove Garlic
1/10" piece Ginger
1 Green chili cut into small pieces

Method

• Fry cream of wheat on a dry pan for 5 minutes and set aside.
• Put two tablespoons of oil in a pan and heat.
• Add mustard seeds, Urad dal, cashewnut, and garlic clove.
• Wait till mustard seeds stop splitting.
• Add the onion, chili, and ginger and fry till the onion turns brown.
• Add cream of wheat and fry for 3-5 minutes.
• Add salt and peas.
• Add two cups of boiling water and stir for 2 minutes. (Switch off the stove as soon as the water is poured.)

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