Vegetable Sooji Upma

Ingredients:

1. Sooji/Semolina - 1 cup
2. 1 medium size onion

3. Peas - 1/2 katori

4. 2 medium size carrots
5. Green chillies - 2
6. Dry whole red chilly - 2
7. Chana daal/bangal gram soaked overnight - 2 spoon
8. Mustard seeds - 1 tbl spoon
9. Kari patta - 2 spoon
10. Red chilly powder - 1/4 tbl spoon
11. Salt to taste
12. Refined oil - 2 spoon

Serves: 2-3 people

Method:

1. Take a wok/kadahi and heat oil in it.
2. Once oil is warm enough add mustard seeds in it and let them splutter.
3. Add slitted green chillies and dry red chillies to this and saute for 30 seconds.
4. Add kari patta and saute for another 30 seconds.
5. Now put the soaked chana daal in the wok and cook on slow flame for 2 mins.
6. Thinly slice the onions and put them in wok. Let them saute on slow flame while stirring in between.
7. In another deep pan heat 2 1/2 cups of water and put peas and chopped carrot in it. also put some salt and red chilly powder. Let this boil on slow flame for 5 mins or till peas and carrots are cooked.
8. In the wok, once onions have changed color to light pink add sooji/semolina and cook it on clow flame for 4-5 mins while constantly stirring it.

9. Put little salt in this and mix well. While putting salt keep in mind that we have also added some salt to water while boiling peas and carrots.

10. Add the boiled water (with peas and carrot) to the wok and mix well till you have thick dry sooji upma.
11. This can be served hot or cold in breakfast with curd or imli chutney.