Samai rice upma | little millet vegetable upma-Healthy breakfast recipe

Cuisine Style: Ancient Tamil Nadu | Cooking Time: 10 minutes | To Serve: 3 | Type : Siru dhaniyam Breakfast, Weight loss & Easy diabetic recipes | Take with : Coconut Chutney, pickle

Ingredients

• Samai rice [Little Millet]- 2 cups
• Onion-1[sliced]
• Carrot – 2 [chopped]
• Green peas – 1/4 cup
• Potato –1 [cut into small cubes]
• Green chilli-1[chopped]
• Ginger-2tbsp [finely chopped]
• Mustard seeds-1 tbsp
• Bengal gram-1 tbsp
• Urad dal-1 tbsp
• Coriander leaves-2 tbsp [chopped]
• Curry leaves- 1 spring
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Water-3 ½ cups
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp

Preparation

• Wash samai rice.
• Heat oil in a pressure cooker add mustard seeds & let its splutter.
• Then add Bengal gram, urad dal & curry leaves sauté gently
• Aadd onion sauté well then add ginger, green chilli, carrot, green peas, potato, red chilli powder and turmeric powder sauté.
• Add water and salt and mix well & let it boil.
• Then add samai rice mix well then cover it and cook for 3 whistle.
• Then add coriander leaves mix well and serve hot with coconut chutney, pickle.

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