samai upma recipe | Millet recipes
samai upma recipe, one of those healthy millet recipes, tasty lillte millet upma!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup samai arisi/little millet
- 10 pearl onions (chopped)
- 1 carrot (peeled and finely chopped)
- 1/2 green bell pepper (finely chopped)
- 2 green chilies (slit)
- small piece of ginger (peeled and minced)
- 10 curry leaves
- 2 teaspoons urad dal
- 2 teaspoons channa dal
- 1 teaspoon mustard
- oil
- salt
- water
Instructions
- 1
Measure, rinse and drain the little millet thoroughly.
- 2
Heat 3 teaspoons oil (preferably gingely oil) in a kadai/wok. Temper with mustard seeds. Add urad dal, chann dal and saute well. Add slit green chilies, ginger, asafoetida and curry leaves. Saute ell for 2-3 minutes.
- 3
Add chopped onions and saute well till the colore changes slightly.
- 4
Add chopped vegetables and saute well till they turn a bit soft.
- 5
Add 3 1/2 cups of water to the kadai and let it boil well. Add required salt.
- 6
Once the water reaches the rolling boil stage, add drained little millet little by little. keep stirring with another hand to avoid lump formation.
- 7
Cover the pan and cook in medium flame. Check if the millet is all cooked after 8-10 minutes. Add more water and cook if needed. Let it rest for 10 minutes before serving. Serve samai upma hot.