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Upma - A silky soft veggie semolina Upma

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It is interesting to know that South Indians’ have a variety of light dishes for breakfast but their most loved choice is Upma. Upma is light, silky and healthy as it is mainly made out of semolina. This could be made plain, omitting the vegetables, but by adding any veggies of your choice could make it healthy and very appealing too.   Ingredients you will need: Semolina / Rulang / Sooji 1 cup Hot water 2 cups Yellow split lentils – chana dhal 1 tbsp 1 Carrot – cut into tiny cubes   4 Green beans – cut into tiny pieces   Curry leaves   Green chilli – split in the middle 1 Mustard seeds  1/4 tsp Onion – chopped 1  Olive oil  1 tbsp Let’s make : To get the soft and silky texture,  stick to the following proportions: 2 cups of water to 1 cup of Semolina.  A little more water could turn it into a lumpy mess. First, dry roast semolina for a min or two being careful not to change its colour and keep aside Heat oil in a ...