This Semiya Upma is a simple, easy yet yummy breakfast. You can always have your choice of veggies to make it more healthier.
Semiya Upma
Upma is a famous Indian breakfast that is made quickly when you have a time constraint. This is a tricky dish which when made perfect, tastes delicious. But when you make it little mistake, it will be terrible. So to make it perfect, try this recipe.
Other breakfast for you
Breakfast Chia Pudding 2 ways / Chia Pudding with Coconut Milk
Tasty Puli Idli/Savory Rice Cakes ( using Leftovers)
Other semiya or vermicelli recipes for you
Semiya Kesari / Sweet vermicelli dessert/ Vermicelli kesari
Semiya upma recipe
Ingredients
Roasted Vermicelli – 1 cup
Onions – 1/4 cup thinly sliced
Carrot – 1 grated
Green peas – 2 tbsp ( fresh or frozen)
Dry red chilli – 2
Curry leaves – few
Channa dal – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp
Salt – as required
Oil – 1 tsp
Ghee – 1 tsp
Method
- Heat oil in a pan. Crackle mustard seeds and add channa dal.
- When it turns golden, add onions, dry red chili, and curry leaves.
- Saute’ till onions turn translucent.
- Add carrots and peas. Add turmeric powder and give a nice stir.
- Cover and cook for a few minutes.
- Add 2 cups of water. Add salt.
- Let the water start boiling. Slowly add roasted vermicelli while stirring.
- Stir vermicelli thoroughly.
- Cover and cook in medium flame till water evaporates or vermicelli is cooked.
- Add ghee and switch off. Give a stir.
- Serve warm.
Notes
- If you don’t have roasted Vermicelli, just roast normal vermicelli in ghee or oil till golden before adding.
- You can add veggies like corn, beans, etc.
Semiya upma
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Roasted Vermicelli
- 1/4 Cup Onions thinly sliced
- 1 Carrot grated
- 2 Tbsp Green peas fresh or frozen
- 2 Dry red chili
- Curry leaves few
- 1 Tsp Channa dal
- 1/2 Tsp Mustard seeds
- 1/8 Tsp Turmeric powder
- Salt as required
- 1 Tsp Oil
- 1 Tsp Ghee
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan. Crackle mustard seeds and add channa dal.
- When it turns golden, add onions, dry red chili, and curry leaves.
- Saute’ till onions turn translucent.
- Add carrots and peas. Add turmeric powder and give a nice stir.
- Cover and cook for a few minutes.
- Add 2 cups of water. Add salt.
- Let the water start boiling. Slowly add roasted vermicelli while stirring.
- Stir vermicelli thoroughly.
- Cover and cook in medium flame till water evaporates or vermicelli is cooked.
- Add ghee and switch off. Give a stir.
- Serve warm.
Notes
- If you don’t have roasted Vermicelli, just roast normal vermicelli in ghee or oil till golden before adding.
- You can add veggies like corn, beans, etc.
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I luv semiya upma… Looks delicious…?
Thank you Saumya?
My fav quick whip breakfast.. Lovely!!
True Sharmila ?.. Thank you ?
Oh my gosh! Pasta for breakfast??!! I’m in heaven … 🙂
We can say vermicelli as Indian pasta?… Thank you dear ?
Love this for breakfast! Actually anytime of the day! Looks delicious Lathiya 🙂
Me too ?..If I have to make a quick dinner, I prefer this. Thank you Divya ??
Easy life saver this is. Lovely click Lathiya.
Truly said Meena ?…It’s such a life saver..My daughter eats this without any compliant ?.. Thank you dear ?
Nice!!
Thanks Anu ?
Looks perfect and yum 🙂
Thank you Freda ?
Looks so good, Love this recipe.
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