Millet Upma is a quick, easy and healthy food, perfect for breakfast or dinner. Generally, we make upma with sooji/rava or cracked wheat, rice upma is also a popular dish, recent days millets become so popular, people get awareness about the goodness of millets.
I have made upma with Kodo millet (varagu), apart from you can make upma with foxtail millet, barnyard millet, or little millet. I made upma in a pressure cooker if you want you can use a heavy bottomed pan. And also, you can add vegetables like potato, cauliflower, broccoli, mushrooms, etc.,
Other varieties – millet idli/dosa, millet biriyani, millet adai, millet curd rice, sirudhanya bisibelebath, sirudhanya payasam, sirudhanya upma, sirudhanya vadai, millet paniyaram
- 1 cup Kodo millet
- 1 cup Mixed vegetables
- 2 tsp Cooking oil
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- Few Curry leaves
- 2 tsp Chana dal
- 1/2 cup Onion/shallots
- 3 Green chilis
- Salt as needed
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
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In a pan or pressure cooker, heat oil.
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Add mustard seeds, allow it to crackle and add curry leaves.
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Add chana dal and saute for a minute.
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Add chopped onion, cook till it becomes translucent.
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Add chopped vegetables and combine well.
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Add green chilis.
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Add 2 cups of water for 1 cup of millet and add salt and turmeric powder.
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Add washed millet.
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Cook covered for 10-12 minutes or pressure cook for 2 whistles.
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Once done, fluff the upma with a spatula.
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Serve hot with chutney or sambar.
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Method
1. In a pan or pressure cooker, heat oil. Add mustard seeds, allow it to crackle and add curry leaves.
2. Add chana dal and saute for a minute.
3. Add chopped onion, cook till it becomes translucent.
4. Add chopped vegetables and combine well.
5. Add green chilis.
6. Add 2 cups of water for 1 cup of millet and add salt and turmeric powder.
7. Add washed millet.
8. Cook covered for 10-12 minutes or pressure cook for 2 whistles.
9. Once done, fluff the upma with a spatula. Serve hot with chutney or sambar.
