Cracked Wheat Upma
Ingredients
1 cup
Cracked wheat
(lapsi)
¼ cup
Green peas
¼ cup
Carrots
(finely cubed)
¼ cup
Green beans
(cut in small pieces)
1 tsp
Salt
(or to taste)
2 tsps
Ginger
(crushed)
2
Green chilies
(sliced lengthwise)
1 tsp
Lemon juice
1½ cup
Hot water
Green coriander
(finely chopped for garnishing)
Instructions
1
Wash lapsi.
2
In a saucepan, do the tempering on medium heat.
3
Heat oil. Add remaining tempering ingredients and stir for 20 seconds, add the lapsi.
4
Sauté until golden in color then add the vegetables, salt, chilies, ginger, lemon juice and stir, add hot water.
5
Cover and cook on low heat, stirring frequently until all the water is absorbed and lapsi is soft and cooked.
6
Add more hot water if needed to help to cook.
7
Garnish and remove from heat.
Temoering
Ingredients
3 Tbsps
Oil
½ tsp
Cumin seeds
2
Cinnamon sticks
(1 inch)
4
Cloves
½ tsp
Whole black peppercorns
1
Bay leaf
⅛ tsp
Turmeric
⅛ tsp
Asafoetida
(hing)