Vermicelli upma
(from Nandini’s recipe box)
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves 3 people
Categories: Upma
Ingredients
- Vermicilli 1 and 1/2 cup
- Green chillies 3
- curry leaves 1 strand
- Coconut 2 tbl spns
- Mustard seeds 1/2 tea spn
- Urad dal 1/2 tea spn
- Sugar 1 tbl spn
- Oil 1 tea spn
- Ghee 1 tbsp
- Salt
- Sugar quantity can be increased or decreased according to taste. This upma tastes great when is bit sweet and spicy.
Directions
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Heat ghee and fry the vermicilli till it turns out slight brown in colour, keep it aside. In the same pan pour oil add mustard seeds allow to splutter, add green chillies curry leaves, urad dal. To this add the vermicilli, sugar and salt stir together. Add 1/2 cup hot water and stir, till the vermicilli cooks (After cooking for sometime, if you feel all the water is gone and still vermicelli is not cooked, then add water in very little quantity and repeat.). To this add the grated coconut.
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Serve hot.