Tuesday, September 26, 2017

...Upma...or the most unattractive dish ever...

...I didn't cook with Julia this week...but I'm going to share another recipe...

I've talked before about the Man's good friend Shashi and his simple Indian food...

...Shashi calls this dish Upma...but it has other names as well..

...and it's a savoury dish usually served for breakfast...
...you start with some finely diced onion...
...and carrot...
...and green pepper...
...and just because I'm always trying to find a use for all those kale stems...
...I diced a couple of those as well...
...I'm just using water...but Shashi used oil to cook both the veg...
...and the spice...Cumin, Coriander, and Cilantro...
...and then I used Cream of Wheat for the Semolina...

From Wikipedia...
Semolina is coarsely ground grain, usually wheat, with particles mostly between 0.25 and 0.75 mm in diameter. The same milling grade is sometimes called farina, or grits if made from maize. It refers to two very different products: semolina for porridge is usually steel-cut soft common wheat whereas "durum semolina" used for pasta or gnocchi is coarsely ground from either durum wheat or other hard wheat, usually the latter because it costs less to grow.

Non-durum semolina porridge or farina has come to be known in the United States by the trade name Cream of Wheat.
...and then I added some frozen peas...
...and green beans...
...cooked that for a few minutes...see...rather unappealing looking in the pot...
...and also in the bowl...
...but it tastes really good...

...have you ever tried Upma?...

~Have a lovely day!

2 comments:

  1. i agree it looks pretty weird! but the ingredients sound like they should go together nicely. i had a similar dish (cold) at the Hawaiian airport lounge while waiting for our flight, but instead of wheat it was lentils. good, stick-to-your-ribs kind of food.

    love,k

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  2. I've definitely made uglier Indian food than that! Ha!! Not that this is a competition we should enter into or anything.... ;)

    At least it has bright green going for it.

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