Broken Wheat Upma | Gothumai Rava Upma | Breakfast Recipe

Gothumai Rava Upma, a healthy and delicious breakfast/dinner recipe made from broken wheat. It's one of the easiest tiffin recipes that you can make in a pressure cooker on busy mornings. Unlike regular rava/semolina, broken wheat takes little longer time to cook, so i have used my pressure cooker to quick the process. But you can make this upma in the open pot also.

Depending on the brand, size of the broken wheat & how fluffy or mushy you want, the water quantity may vary. The broken wheat that i got here has bigger granules than the one that i used to make in India. So it takes a couple of tries to figure out how much water it needs to cook to my liking. It needs exactly 2.5 cups of water for 1 cup of broken wheat to cook it perfectly without being mushy. 

In today's recipe, i have used carrots alone in the upma. But you can add beans, peas also along with carrots or even you can make without any veggies, still it tastes great. Personally i like this broken wheat upma more than the regular rava upma because of its texture and the mild chewiness in the broken wheat. Now let's check out how to make this delicious upma in a pressure cooker quickly.

Gothumai Rava Upma

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Breakfast | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
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Ingredients
Broken Wheat - 1/2 cup
Pearl onion - 3 
Green Chili - 2 
Carrot(small) - 1/2
Water - 1 & 1/4 cup
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Grated Coconut - 1 tbsp
Coriander leaves - few
To Temper
Coconut oil - 1 tsp
Mustard & urad dal - 1/4 tsp
Chana dal - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - few  

Procedure

First peel the onions. Chop carrot and onions into small pieces. Slit the green chilies. Heat the pressure cooker and temper the ingredients listed under "To Temper" and saute till the dals are golden brown.

Then add the onions, carrot & chilies and saute till the carrots and onions are soft. Next add the water and salt. Bring the water into boil.

Add the sugar & broken wheat and mix it well together.

Cover the cooker with lid and cook it for one whistle. Switch off the flame and let the pressure release from the cooker automatically. Open the lid and then add the grated coconut and chopped coriander leaves. Mix it well.

Tasty and healthy Broken Wheat Upma is ready. Serve it with your favorite chutney. We had it with coconut chutney and coffee.

Related: How to make Coconut Chutney

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Related: How to make Idli Upma

Notes:

• Coconut oil gives great flavor to the upma. 
• Adding a little bit of sugar in upma enhance the taste.

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Semiya Upma with Vegetables | Vegetables Vermicelli Upma

Semiya Upma with Vegetables, a quick & easy to make breakfast/tiffin with vermicelli and vegetables. Few weeks before, when i had shared this simple vermicelli upma in Instagram, many have requested the recipe, that's when i realized that this recipe is still not in the blog. 

It happens all the time, some how i always skip the simple recipe to post here, to be honest, it not even crossed my mind to post such a simple recipes. Guess, it's time to change that habit :-) Like i have already said, it's one of the easiest recipe to make in a jiffy. 

Back in Amma's place, she often make this as evening tiffin alone with coffee/tea for a long day or when we feel little hungry in the evening.  It tastes awesome with sip of tea/coffee. Do give it a try if you haven't already. 

Yesterday the temperature here was above 5c after almost 3 months and it was such a pleasant day  to be outside(with all those winter jackets of course  :-)). It's really amazing how our body adapts to the environment.

Back in days, when i was newly married, even the Tiruppur cold in December made me sick and had cold & fever for a few days. That reminds me of the quote " No such things as bad weather only bad clothing" . Realized how true is that here in this winter !!! Ok, now let's check out the semiya upma recipe.

Related : How to make Rava Upma 

Semiya Upma with Vegetables

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Breakfast/Tiffin | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
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Ingredients

Semiya/ Vermicelli - 3/4 cup

Onion - 1/2 (small)
Tomato - 1/2(small)
Carrot - 1(small)

Green Chili - 2 nos
Ginger - 1/4 inch piece

Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - few
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Coconut Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard & urad dal - 1 tsp

Water - 1 cup

Salt - to taste

Procedure

Cut the onions,tomato,carrot & ginger into small pieces and slit the green chili into half.Heat the pan with oil, add mustard & urad dal , let the mustard  splutters.Then add the onion ,chili and curry leaves and saute till the onions become translucent.

Next add the carrot and saute in the oil for 2-3 mins.

Add the tomatoes and saute till the tomatoes are soft. Then add the water.

Next add the salt & sugar , bring into boil.

Add the semiya (i have used roasted semiya here, see notes at the end for un-roasted semiya),give a good mix and cover the kadai with lid and keep the flame in medium. Keep it covered for 4-5 mins or until the  semiya is well cooked.

Finally add the coriander leaves, give a good mix and switch off the flame.

Tasty Semiya Upma with vegetables  is ready.Serve it with your favorite chutney. We had it with coriander chutney and coffee.

Related : How to make Idli Upma 

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Notes:

• I have used roasted semiya here, if you have un-roasted semiya, roast it in a 1/2 tsp of ghee till it's aromatic and starts to change color
• Roasted semiya gives non-sticky and fluffy upma. 
• In addition to carrot, beans can also be used in this upma.
• Adding sugar balance out the taste, so don't skip it.
• Coconut Oil & ginger gives such a nice aroma to the upma, highly recommend to add it.
• In addition to coriander leaves, grated coconut can also be added.
  

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Oats Upma | Breakfast recipe | Oats Recipe

Oats Upma, a healthy and quick to make breakfast with oats and Indian spices.  Few years back oats was getting popular in India like anything and almost all the Indian dishes have an oats version like oats upma, oats dosa , oats khichdi and the list goes on.

As of now, the whole world had already tried everything possible with oats and moves on to the other grains. But here i'm sharing my first oats recipe now since i'm so reluctant to try instantly when something new comes into market, as usual i have taken my own phase of time to get to know about that and slowly started to use in my cooking. 

Now for last one year i have been cooking oats regularly at home and now i'm quite confident about how to handle the oats and out of all my experiments with oats, this upma is my most favorite breakfast recipe with oats. It's really very simple and delicious with mild flavors and comes handy on your busy mornings. Now let's check out the recipe.

Oats Upma

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 10 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Oats | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
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Ingredients
Quick Oats - 1 cup
Onion - 1/2(small)
Water - 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Red chili powder - 1/4 tsp
Sambar powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard & urad dal - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - few

Procedure

First chop the onion into small pieces, measure and take the oats. Heat the pan with oil, add mustard and urad dal, let the mustard crackle.

Add the onions and saute it becomes translucent and then add the oats.

Add the spices(turmeric,chili & sambar powder) and salt, mix it all well together and then add the water on the oats little by little and mix it with spatula simultaneously.

Make sure that the oats is completely wet, keep the flame in low and close the pan with lid and cook it for 5 mins. Stir it between to avoid sticking at the bottom. 

Tada, non sticky, fluffy oats upma is ready. Add some coriander leaves on the top while serving. Serve it with your favorite drink, we had it with strawberry smoothie.

Related : How to make Oata Banana Pancake

Notes:

• Depends on the moisture in the onions and oats quality, you may need more or less of 1 tbsp of water as i mentioned here.
• Don't pour all the water at once. Slowly add the water and gently mix the oats. It helps to make sure that every grain of  oats is completely wet.
• Add the spices more or less as per your liking.
• Upma tastes good as it is, but if you like, you can serve them with chutney or sambar.
  

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Kuthiraivali Upma | Millet Upma | Breakfast Recipe

Kuthiraivallu Upma, an quick and easy to make breakfast with the millets. This is one of my recent favorite breakfast recipe to make on my lazy days. It's quite similar to the arisi(rice) upma in taste and texture. Once i had knew the knack of cooking the millet perfectly, i have been trying out various recipe with millets in the place of rice and this upma is one among of my successful experiment of using millets in the place of rice. It turned out so delicious and fluffy.
The tempering used in this upma really goes well with the millets. I have tried the same upma recipe with kodo,little & branyard millet. All turned out well, so you can use any millets for this upma as per your liking. I personally like coconut flavor in all my upma dishes,so i have used coconut oil and grated coconut here in this recipe too.  Without further delay, let's check out the recipe, but if you want to know what i have prepared for past 2 days under Whole Grains, here they are
Day 1 - Kambu Koozh
Day 2 - Millet/Samai Puliyodharai

Kuthiraivali Upma

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Millet | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

Barnyard Millet - 1/2 cup

Pearl Onion - 4

Green Chili - 2 nos
Ginger - 1 tsp(chopped)

Curry leaves - few
Grated Coconut - 2 tbsp

Coconut Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard 1 tsp

Channa Dal - 1 tsp

Water - 1 cup

Salt - to taste

Procedure

Soak the millet in the water for 20 mins, peel the onions and chop them into small piece,slit the green chili. Heat the kadai with oil, add the mustard and let it crackle.Add onion,chili,ginger,curry leaves,channa dal one by one and saute till the onions becomes translucent. Then add the water and salt.Let the water comes to boil , drain the water from the millet and add into the boiling water. keep the flame in medium and cover the pan, let it cook until all the water absorbs. Finally add the grated coconut and mix it well.Tada,  Healthy Millet Upma is ready fo serve. Taste as good as on its own or you can serve it with chutney or sambar.

Notes:

• Ginger gives great flavor to the upma, so highly recommend to add it.
• Instead of coconut oil, you can use any cooking oil as per your liking.
• Carrot & frozen peas can also be added into upma.
• Soaking the millet is necessary to achieve softly cooked millets.
  

 

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Rava Upma | Semolina Upma | Breakfast Recipe

Rava Upma, a simple & tasty breakfast/dinner dish that can be prepared in a jiffy for busy days. There were times that i hate upma like anything and don't even want to touch even when i was ravenously hungry. All those things were changed when i started cooking and i guess that i really started to appreciate the simple dishes when i cook on my own. That's when i realized even with simple ingredients, some dishes (like upma, kanji ) are extremely delicious compared to all the restaurant style fancy dishes where the ingredients list itself go for a page.
Now coming to today's recipe, as simple as this recipe sounds, they are high chances that this upma can easily turned to glue(personal experience) like texture!!! Roasting the rava  & the water quantity is very important to get the non sticky upma and also while adding the rava, stir it continuously to avoid lumps. If these things are taken care of , then your upma would be delicious. This is the basic recipe, if you want to add more veggies, go for it and make it as you per your liking. 

Rava Upma

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 10 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Breakfast | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
Rava/Semolina - 1/2 cup
Pearl onion - 5
Green Chili -1
Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
Grated Coconut - 1 & 1/2 tbsp
Water - 1 cup
Coconut Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard & urad dal-1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - few
Salt- to taste

Procedure

First let's roast the rava, heat the pan and add the rava, roast it till it becomes aromatic and remove it on the plate.Peel & chop the onions into small pieces, slit the chili and chop the ginger into small pieces. Heat the pan with oil, add the mustard & urad dal, let the mustard splutter.Add the onions, curry leaves, ginger & green chili, saute till the onions becomes translucent,then add the water into the pan.Add salt and let it bring into boil,then add the roasted rava slowly & stir simultaneously. Once all the water is absorbed, add the grated coconut , mix it well and cover it with lid and keep the flame in low for 2 more mins & switch off the flame.Finally add few coriander leaves on top and it's ready to serve.

Notes:

• Coconut oil gives great flavor to the upma, so highly recommend to use it.
• Using non stick helps to avoid sticking at the bottom.
• While adding the rava into boiling water, keep stir continuously to avoid lumps.
• Some time, i have added 1 tsp of chana dal while tempering for extra crunchiness.
• For extra richness, add a tsp of ghee on top while serving.
• I personally like the ginger flavor in the upma, but that's pure optional
  

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Idli Upma | Idli Upma with leftover idli | Breakfast recipe

Idli Upma, a quick fix for breakfast with the leftover idli under 10 mins. ST is a big fan of idli upma, for his sake, i make them often for our morning breakfast. Usually there won't be any leftover idlies in our home, so if i had planned to make this upma then i made extra batch of idlies and kept it aside. 

Fresh idlies are not easy to crumble, so if i had planned to make for breakfast, then previous night itself,  i made the idlies and kept it refrigerator. That way,it's very easy to crumble the idlies and there won't be any big lumps in the upma.
Now a days, i hardly seen people making this upma at home, in my school days and all, if there was any function in the family, then definitely the next morning breakfast would be this idli upma from the previous day left over idlies. 

Though i didn't like this upma back then, the memory associated with it is so refreshing and nostalgic!!!. And the next thing comes to mind is the "idli upma" scene from the movie "Surya Vamsam". Ok, enough with the stories, will check the recipe now!!!

Idli Upma

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 10 mins | Serves : 1 or 2 
Recipe Category: Breakfast | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
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Ingredients
Idli - 5
Onion(small) - 1
Green Chili -1
Red chili - 1
Grated Coconut - 1 & 1/2 tbsp
Sesame Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard -1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Chana dal - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Salt- to taste

Procedure

First take the idli and crumble gently with your fingers.

Finely chop the onions into small pieces and slit the green chili, keep the grated coconut as ready.Heat the non-stick pan with oil.

Add mustard, let it splutters,then add the urad dal & curry leaves.

Then add the chana dal and roast till it becomes golden brown,then add the onions and green chili & red chili.

Add salt(just enough for the onions,remember that the idly has already salt in it) and saute till the onions becomes translucent, then add the crumbled idly.

Mix gently with the tempering and finally add the grated coconut, give a good mix and switch off the flame.

Tada, your idli upma is ready.Serve it with chutney and/or Sugar.

Related: How to make Peanut Chutney

Notes:

• Sesame oil gives great flavor to the upma, so highly recommend to use it.
• Don't keep the idli in flame for long time, it would became dry. So give a quick stir with the tempering and switch off the flame.
• Using non stick helps to avoid sticking at the bottom.
• If you wish, you can add few chopped coriander leaves on the top while serving.
• Some times,i like to sprinkle few tsp of idli podi just before switch off the flame and mix it well.It tastes awesome.
  

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