Thursday, July 31, 2008

Vegetable Vermicelli Upma

My husband and i love having different type of snacks items during breakfast or at dinner. I love cooking most of these snacks with lots of veggies in it to increase it's nutritional value and that way it becomes more filling. Here's my recipe of Vegetable Upma with Vermicelli. I hope you too find it tempting and give it a try my way.

Ingredients
  • 1C Vermicelli
  • 2C Water
  • 1 tbsp channa daal
  • 1 tbsp urad daal
  • 2-3 tbsp oil
  • 1C Onion
  • 1/4C Peas
  • 1/4C Carrot chopped in small cubes
  • 1/4C Cabbage thinly sliced
  • 1/4C Green Beans
  • 4-5 Curry Leaves
  • Handful of Groundnuts
  • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  • 1 tbsp Coriander Powder
  • 1 tbsp Lime juice(optional)
  • Salt to taste
Method

1. Heat oil in deep pan.

2. Add curry leaves, groundnuts, channa daal and urad daal.

3. As groundnuts are roasted, add onion and fry until translucent.

4. Add cumin seeds, coriander powder and mustard seeds.

5. Now add beans, carrots and peas. Keeping stirring and cook for 3-4 minutes on medium flame.

6. Also, add cabbage and cook another 2-3 minutes. Add Salt.

7. Add 2C of water and bring it to boil.

8. Now is the time to add Vermicelli.

9. Keep stirring until everything mixes well and the water is almost evaporated.

10. Garnish with freshly chopped coriander and serve hot with tomato ketchup.

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