Making The Best Vegetable Upma!

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oi-Anjana

By Anjana Ns

Thursday, February 9, 2012, 15:16

It is extremely important to provide a balanced diet for kids but they hardly eat anything other than masala noodles and spiced food. Here is a upma recipe that looks colourful, is easy breakfast to make and best lunch box recipe to pack for schools. Take a look for more.

Our vegetable upma contains lots of vegetables, MTR vegetable baath powder, herbs and healthy spices. A very nutritious and vitamin rich food.

Vegetable Upma Recipe
Ingredients:

1. 1 cup soji rava (roasted in ghee)
2. 2 cups water
3. 21/2 tsp MTR vegetable baath powder
4. Salt according to taste
5. 1 cup chopped and boiled vegetables (carrots, capsicum, potatoes, chick peas)
6. 1 tsp ginger paste
7. 4-5 green chillies (chopped)
8. ' grated coconut (garnish)
9. 1 tsp mustard and cumin seeds
10. 1 tsp urad dal
11. 1 tsp gram dal
12. 1 tsp oil
13. Chopped coriander
14. Curry leaves

Preparing Vegetable Upma:

1. In a thick bottom pan, add a teaspoon of oil and fry mustard, cumins, urad dal, gram dal, chillies, ginger, boiled vegetables and curry leaves for a few minutes.

2. Add two cups of water and cover the pan for about 5 minutes.

3. To this add coconut, coriander leaves and stir well.

4. When the mixture starts boiling, slowly add rava and stir continuously.

5. Cook for about 5 minutes and turn off the stove. Tasty vegetable upma is ready.

Enjoy the easy breakfast hot or cold with ghee or yogurt!!!

A few drops of lemon can add to the taste.

This lunch box recipe serves 3.