Breakfast: Aval Upma/ Poha Upma

Another "few minutes recipe" for you all!! Aval Upma is a tasty dish made in minutes!! "Bachelor's Special"

INGREDIENTS:

• Aval/ Poha: 200 gms [2 can eat]; wash it 3 times with cooking water. Then pour water until it immerses and soak for 5 mins. Then drain the rest of the water completely and keep ready the soaked Aval.
• Onion: 1 big, chopped.
• Green chilly: 1 or 2, finely chopped.
• Ginger: 1 inch, peeled, washed and chopped/shredded
• Mustard seeds/kadugu, Urad dhal/ulutham paruppu, curry leaves/kariveppilai: to temper
• Oil: to temper
• Lemon juice: 2-3 drops
• Turmeric powder: 1/2 tspn
• Salt: as req
• Hing/ perungayam: 1/4 tspn

 

METHOD:

• Heat a kadai/pan, add oil and temper with Mustard seeds, Urad dhal, curry leaves.

• Add finely chopped green chilly, and fry in oil.

• Add chopped onion and ginger together; saute till onion turn translucent.

• Add req salt and turmeric powder. Saute for 30 seconds. Turn the flame to LOW.

• Now add the drained soaked aval and mix well slowly in LOW flame itself. Lastly add the lemon drops and mix well again and serve hot. Garnish with coriander leaves if you wish.

Tasty Aval Upma is ready!!