Sooji Upma Recipe With Coconut

Name: Sooji Upma Recipe With Coconut
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cup Semolina (2 cups Sooji (Semolina/ Rava)); 2 pieces Ginger (2 inch Ginger grated); 2 pieces Yellow Onion (2 Onion finely chopped); 2 pieces Green Chili (2 Green Chillies finely chopped); 1 cup Green Peas (1 cup Green peas (Matar) steamed); 1 tsp Mustard Seeds (1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)); 1 tsp Chana Dal (1 teaspoon Chana dal (Bengal Gram Dal)); 1 tsp White Urad Dal (1 teaspoon White Urad Dal (Split)); ¼ tsp Asafoetida (1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)); 2 sprig Curry leaves (2 sprig Curry leaves); 3 tbsp Clarified Butter (3 tablespoons Ghee); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste); 3 tbsp Coconut (3 tablespoons Fresh coconut grated); 0 pieces Cilantro (Coriander (Dhania) Leaves small bunch, finely chopped)

Sooji Upma Recipe With Coconut - Upma Recipes (Indian)

35 minIndian

Servings4

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1To begin making the Sooji Upma With Coconut Recipe, in a skillet, dry roast the semolina on medium heat until it turns slightly golden and releases a roasted aroma. Keep aside.
2Heat a teaspoon of ghee in a heavy bottomed pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle. Stir in the chana dal and urad dal and roast these dals on medium heat until they turn brown and crisp.
3Stir in the green chillies, ginger, onion and curry leaves and saute until the onions becomes soft and tender. To this add the green peas, stir in the salt and pour 4 cups of water and allow it to come to a boil.
4As the water is boiling gradually add the rava/sooji, continuously stirring the water mixture in one hand so the lumps don't form.
5Keep stirring the sooji upma now until all the ingredients are well combined, the mixture will also begin to thicken.
6Once the sooji upma thickens, reduce the heat, cover the pan and cook for a couple of minutes. Finally garnish with fresh grated coconut and coriander leaves and serve hot.
7Serve Sooji Upma Recipe With Coconut with South Indian Coconut Chutney or curds with Instant Carrot Pickle Recipe and also pair it with Pineapple Kesari Bhath Recipe for a traditional breakfast.