Pulima is a traditional upma made with rice flour and tamarind water, adding some spices. This is my favourite upma. My mother used to make this. This is simple upma recipe. With tanginess of tamrind and the spices added this upma is awesome.
We always have stock of puffed rice at home. We generally eat as it is or make snacks out of it by frying with some spices. But when we went to my son’s friend house, there they gave this upma. My son like it a lot. So I asked his friend’s mother the recipe and … [Read more…]
This is a simple and healthy upma. We make vegetable upma with roasted rava and vegetables like carrots, beans, peas, etc. this is no onion recipe and is a wonderful choice for breakfast. Vegetable upma with hot steaming filter coffee is a good way to start the day.
Jowar is one of the health grains in the world. We can use jowar flour to make rotis, idlies, dosas and upma. It is highly nutritious. Jowar is rich in nutrients such as calcium, fibre, iron, phosphorus, thiamin and protein. The fibre content in jowar helps to reduce hunger pangs and thus helps in weight loss. … [Read more…]
Millets provide lots of nutrients, gluten-free and is one of the most digestible grains. Millets were once used by our ancestors. Barnyard millet has 6 times more of fibre than wheat and so it is an ideal weight loss millet. Barnyard millet is also rich in bone-building minerals calcium and phosphorus. The good antioxidant profile … [Read more…]
Today I tried making upma with Foxtail Millet or Thinai. I learnt this recipe from one of my Bangalore friend. It tastes so well and is very healthy. Including thinai in our regular diet makes us very healthy. Try out this and you will see everyone liking it.
I have seen instant rava upma mixes in the store and used to think that how they make this and keep. I also wanted to make this and keep at home so that it will be handy when we have urgent work. Yesterday I tried and made this instant rava mix which can be used … [Read more…]
Rava upma is a south Indian breakfast recipe. It is a simple food and it can be made in a jiffy. This is usually eaten with sugar or even you can have this with chutney. You can also try variations in this by adding vegetables to make vegetable upma or even omit the tomato and … [Read more…]
Coconut Semia is a different type of upma which I tasted only after marriage when my husband’s aunt made this. My husband likes this upma very much as it is not like the usual upma. Making of this upma is also little different. After tasting this, I also became a fan of this upma.
Whenever we have leftover idlies at home, we make idli usili. This is a slight variation of idli usili. My mother used to make this and give this to us. Even those children who does not like idlies also will take this. It is also a very simple recipe to make.