Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, millet upma. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Millet upma is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Millet upma is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
In a kadai add oil and add in the mustard seeds, jeera, hing, green chillies, ginger (optional),curry leaves and fry till mustard splutters. Saute for a minute or two till the onion turns slight brown in color. Foxtail Millet Upma Recipe is a wholesome breakfast or dinner dish that is made with just a few ingredients. It is healthy and filling and you can serve it with any chutney of your choice.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have millet upma using 15 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Millet upma:
- Get 1/2 cup millet proso or foxtail
- Get 1 tbsp ghee
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Take 2 tsp coconut oil
- Prepare 1 tbsp urad dal
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
- Make ready 8-10 curry leaves
- Prepare 1 tsp chopped ginger
- Get 1-2 green chillies
- Take 1 small potato(cut into thick strips)
- Get 1 carrot(peeled, cut into thick slices)
- Take 1 onion small, thinly sliced
- Get 1/4 cup green peas
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready as needed Garnish with coriander leaves
Addition of veggies makes it colourful, more nutritious and yummier. Since everyone loves upma in my home, there was no fuss in accepting millet upma. even from the kids. Heat little over a cup of water in a small pan. Cover and cook until the millets are soft but not mushy.
Steps to make Millet upma:
- To prepare the millet upma, in a heavy bottomed pan, heat 1 tsp ghee/coconut oil and roast the millets gently until aromat - for around 5-7 minutes. - Heat little over a cup of water in a small pan. Once this comes to a boil, add to the toasted millets with 1/2 tsp salt. Cover and cook until the millets are soft but not mushy. Foxtail millet will take around 8 minutes and Proso millet will take around 10 minutes. Once cooked, fluff with a fork and remove into a bowl. Keep aside.
- Meanwhile, heat the ghee/coconut oil in another pan. Add the urad dal, mustard seeds and wait until the dal turns golden brown and the mustard seeds splutter. - Add the finely chopped ginger, green chillies, curry leaves and give it a good stir. - Now add the chopped onion, carrot and potato with a pinch of salt and stir well. Keep covered and cook for 4-5 minutes until somewhat cooked. Add the frozen peas, cover and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- To this add the cooked millets, stir to combine everything together. Season with salt as required. Garnish with fresh Coriander leaves.
Heat little over a cup of water in a small pan. Cover and cook until the millets are soft but not mushy. Foxtail Millet also known as "Thinai" in Tamil. It is called as "Navane" in Kannada. "Kangni" in Hindi and "Kang" in Gujarati. Upma is the most common breakfast in every Indian home and one of the most popular South Indian Breakfast recipe ever!
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