Tomato Upma Recipe is a quick and healthy savory dish made using semolina (suji/rava) and tomatoes. It is soft with the crunchy bite of chana dal and urad dal, very flavourful because of curry leaves, Semolina cooks very quickly thus semolina recipes are always quick and easy. Apart from that is a very healthy ingredient and is easy on the belly. Upma recipe is served with green coriander chutney or coconut chutney. Tomato upma can be served for breakfast or even a light dinner. The Tomato Upma recipe deserves a try because it is
very easy breakfast recipe
quick and healthy dish
kids friendly
Tomato Upma recipe calls for
Recipe using semolina (rava)- I have roasted semolina. You may use roasted semolina too. That would make it even quicker recipe.
Other ingredients- A lot of ingredients are added that makes tomato upma very flavourful. These include curry leaves, dals, cashews, green chilli etc. Onions have also been added. You can omit them if you want. I have used ghee as I love the flavour of ghee when combined with semolina. You can use oil.
1. Dry roast 1/2 cup semolina
2. Stir and cook till rava become fragrant and starts to look dry
3. Heat 1 tbsp ghee. Add 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 1/2 tsp mustard seeds, 1 tsp black gram (urad dal), 1/2 tsp chana dal. Cook till fragnant
4. Add 10-12 cashew halves
5. Stir till it becomes golden brown
6. Now add chopped 1 onion, 1 slit green chilli and 12-15 curry leaves
7. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes, till the onions turn translucent
8. Add 1/2 tsp red chilli powder and 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
9. Mix well and cook for 1-2 minutes
10. Add 3/4 cup chopped tomatoes
11. Mix tomatoes and add salt according to your taste
12. Cover it with lid and cook till tomatoes become soft
13. Uncover it and see tomatoes become soft
14. Add grated ginger
15. Add 1 ¼ cup water
16. When water starts to simmer, add roasted rava (suji)
17. Stir continuously till it becomes thick
18. Cover it with lid and cook for only 1-2 minutes
19. Remove the lid and see tomato upma is ready
20. Garnish with chopped coriander and finish with 1 tsp ghee and mix well
21. Bon Appetit Serve tomato upma with coconut chutney
PREP TIME 10 minutes
COOK TIME 10 minutes
TOTAL TIME 20 minutes
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