Upma

Upma is a savory South Indian dish made from roasted semolina (rava), sautéed with mustard seeds, curry leaves, onions, and vegetables. It’s quick to prepare, flavorful, and often enjoyed as a hearty breakfast or light meal, offering a comforting balance of textures and spices.

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time
20 minutes

Servings: 2

Cuisine: Indian

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✦Ingredients ➦Instructions
  • For Sautéing Rava
  • 1 ½ tbsp ghee
  • 1 cups/ 165 gms bombay rava/ sooji
  • For Upma
  • 3 tbsp oil (any refined oil)
  • 1 tsp mustard Seeds
  • 1 tbsp gota urad/ whole polished urad
  • 1 tbsp chana dal/ bengal gram
  • 8 no cashew nuts, cut into half
  • 1 tbsp ginger, chopped
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 medium fresh green chilli, chopped
  • 12-15 no curry leaves
  • 3 ½ cups water
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ tsp sugar
  • 1 wedge of lime
  • 1 tbsp fresh coriander leaves with it’s tender stems, chopped
  • 1 tbsp ghee
    • For Coriander sprig
    1. In a tadka pan, add ghee once the ghee is hot, add fenugreek seeds, and small mustard seeds.
    2. Add curry leaves, button chillies and let it splutter well.
    3. Keep it aside for further use.
    1. Heat ghee in kadhai and heat. Add rava and saute for 2-3 minutes on low flame. Stir continuously while stirring so that every grain of rava should coat with a ghee evenly. Remove from the flame and keep aside for later use.
    2. For Upma, heat oil in a same kadhai and splutter mustard seeds, followed by chana dal, gota urad and cashew nuts. Saute until they turn light brown.
    3. Now add ginger and cook for a minute until ginger releases its raw smell.
    4. Add onion, green chilli and curry leaves and saute until onion turn translucence.
    5. Add in water, salt, sugar and allow it to boil. When it starts boiling allow it it to boil for a 2 minute. In this way all the flavors will infuse in water.
    6. Now at this stage add in prepared rava. Stir continuously while cooking to avoid any lumps.
    7. When almost all the water is absorbs reduce the flame (make sure it must have porridgey consistency) and cover with the lid for 1 minute.
    8. Remove the lid and sprinkle lime juice, coriander leaves and ghee. Mix well.
    9. Serve immediately.