
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 ~ 15 minutes
Serves : 2 ~ 3
Sources: sarasyummybites
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup vermicelli / Semia
½ cup chopped onion
¼ cup chopped tomatoes
4 medium size green chillies or to taste
1 ½ cups water
2 tbsp minced cilantro
Salt to taste
For Seasoning:
1 tbsp oil + 1 tbsp ghee
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin
1 tsp channa dal
1 tsp whole urad dal
¼ tsp Asafoetida / Hing
½ tsp minced ginger( optional)
Method:
Preparation:
- Break the vermicelli into small pieces.
- Chop the onion, tomato and green chillies and keep it aside.
Cooking:
- Heat 1 tsp of ghee and roast semia/ vermicelli to slight golden brown color. Turn off the heat and transfer to other plate.
- In a same pan, heat oil and ghee. Add mustard seeds, allow it to splutter, then add remaining seasoning ingredients one by one and fry till dal changes the color.
- Add chopped onions, green chillies, curry leaves and fry till onion become soft then add chopped tomatoes and cook it for a minutes.
- Add water and salt. Allow it to boil.
- Add roasted semia to the boiling water in one hand and mix the mixture in other hand with help of spatula.
- Lower the heat and cook it for 5 to 7 minutes until done. Add cilantro and mix gently.
- Turn off the heat and transfer to serving plate. Serve with any spicy chutney of your choice.

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it looks wonderful...
One of fav and it looks yum
yummy and delicious upma:)always craving for this:)
Very healthy and yummy upma.
This is my favorite. Love this semiya.. Looks delicious!!
Perfect semiya upma recipe, love it any time. I also make lemon semiya. Please check my blog for tasty cup cake with cream cheese frosting.
Chitchat
my most favorite upma is this...
Fuss free breakfast recipe. Nice one
healthy preparation, mom always makes this for my dad it his fav...
Have seen hardly peoples saying no to this upma, obviously its my favourite too.
Each semia is looking so separate and tempting...
Perfect for any busy day.would love to have a plate now.
love it you keep it white only.
simple and healthy breakfast recipe!
Oohhh so delicious n inviting....
I love semia upma - the trick of course is to not let it lumpy or the other extreme - very dry. Yours looks perfect. Love the click...
Nice clicks ,simply superb.
All time favorite upma. Urs look nice and tempting.
I don't add tomatoes to upma and thatz a good twist and looks scrumptious
super tempting upma!!lovely clicks...
Upma looks delicious and easy to make,perfect for breakfast...
What a yummy looking semya upma. That first click is AWESOME.
Our all time fav!! Beautiful clicks!
my favourite upma dear. nice presentation
really like the angle of the last photo
This is a great breakfast, we usually have it for weekends. Nice clicks!
Simple and delicious !!
This surely works out so well for a quick breakfast, nice pictures..
this is so yum..Come and participate in my event- Mela/Carnival Food