Tomato vermicelli upma | Tomato Shavige Bath | Thakkali semiya upma | Vermicelli tomato bath

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, South India | Cooking Time: 8 to 10 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type: Breakfast, dinner | Take With: Chips, pickles, chutney

Ingredients

• Vermicelli [semiya] – 1 cup
• Tomato – 2 [chopped]
• Peanuts – ¼ cup [dry roast & peel the skin off]
• Onion – 1 [sliced]
• Green chilli – 1 [slit]
• Ginger – 1 tbsp [finely chopped]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Coriander leaves – 1 spring [chopped]
• Mint leaves – 1 spring [chopped]
• Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp

Method

• Heat pan with 2 cups of water, add salt & let it boil. When boiling cut off heat, add vermicelli mix well, leave it for 1 min.
• Then drain the water & immediately put it in cold water, drain & keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan then add mustard seeds & let it splutter. Then add Bengal gram and urad dal.
• Add onion sauté till soft then add ginger sauté. Then add peanuts, green chilli, curry leaves, turmeric & red chilli powder sauté.
• Add salt & tomato sauté till soft & mixture becomes thick.
• Add boiled vermicelli & salt mix well & sauté.
• Sprinkle coriander & mint leaves mix well. Then cut off heat & serve hot with chutney.

Tip

• You can add roasted or fried nuts, beans, green peas etc.