Green Gram Upma: Low Fat Recipe

Break Fast

oi-Anjana

By Anjana Ns

Saturday, October 29, 2011, 15:58

Make this festive eating more nutritious by choosing the low fat recipes like green gram upma. Green gram sprouts contain protein at a high and are best replacements for vegetables (if you want a change). The upma recipe is easy to make and tastes best with curd or chutney powder. The highly vegetarian recipe needs no onion or garlic. It tastes best even when not hot. Take a look to know how to go about with the green gram upma recipe.

Tasty Low Fat Recipe

Green Gram Upma Ingredients:

1. 1 cup sprouted green gram
2. 1 1/2 cups of rava (fried until golden brown (with or without ghee))
3. 3 cups of water
4. 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
5. 1 tsp oil (refined)
6. 1/2 tsp jeera
7. ' tsp urad dal
8. ' tsp gram dal
9. ' tsp pepper
10. 3 green chillies (chopped)
11. 1 tsp ginger (grated)
12. ' tsp sugar
13. Salt according to taste
14. Curry leaves
15. Lemon juice
16. Fresh Coconut (grated)

Green Gram Upma Preparation:

1. To the pan, add oil, mustard seeds, jeera, powdered pepper, urad dal, gram dal, green chillies, ginger, curry leaves and fry for a few seconds.
2. Add 3 cups of water and wait for it to boil.
3. Cook green gram sprouts for 10 minutes in the microwave and add to the boiling mixture.
4. Add the fried rava slowly and stir simoultaneously. Leave the upma on sim for about 5 minutes and turn off the stove.
5. Add a few drops of lemon juice and stir well. Garnish with chopped coriander and fresh coconut before serving.
This upma recipe serves 4-5.