Cornmeal Upma Nisha Madhulika Kitchen Recipe

Cooking Recipes Cornmeal Upma Nisha Madhulika Kitchen Recipe

Cornmeal Vegetable Upma, cornmeal upma is a great and easy variation to the regular upma prepared with semolina or sooji.Start with heating 1 tbsp ghee in a wok and then add maize flour into it. The flame should be kept low. Stir and continue stirring until the flour gets golden brown in color.

Cornmeal Upma Recipe Ingredients:

• Maize flour (cornmeal) – ½ cup (75 grams)
• Green peas – ¼ cup
• Cabbage(finely chopped) – ¼ cup
• Carrots(finely chopped) – ¼ cup
• Peanuts – ¼ cup
• Green coriander(finely chopped) – 2 tbsp
• Ghee – 2 to 3 tbsp
• Asafoetida – 1 pinch
• Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
• Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
• Salt – 1 tsp or as per taste
• Ginger(finely chopped)– ½ inch piece
• Green chilly(finely chopped)– 1
• Curry leaves – 8 to 10

Making the Cornmeal Upma

1. Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a wok or pan and add maize flour into it. Keep the flame low.
2. Stir well till the flour turns little dark or golden brown in color. Make sure to stir continuously to prevent the browning of flour at the base.
3. Transfer the flour in another bowl and heat 1 tbsp ghee more in the same wok or pan. Add the peanuts to it.
4. Stir fry the peanuts until they get little brown in color. Don’t over cook the peanuts as they can get bitter in taste. Take out the peanuts.
5. Splutter cumin seeds and red mustard seeds in the same pan.
6. When the seeds crackle, add following ingredients into it – asafoetida, green chilly, ginger, curry leaves, green peas, cauliflower and chopped carrots.
7. Saute for 1 minute and then cover the pan with lid. Cook the veggies until they get little soft and tender. This can take 2 to 3 minutes.
8. Now add 1 cup water and salt in the wok and let it simmer on high flame.
9. The water has starter simmering add the roasted maize flour into it and stir continuously to avoid formation of lumps.
10. Cook until upma gets thick in consistency. Stir well.
11. Then add peanuts, ghee and green coriander to the upma and mix all the ingredients well.
12. Cornmeal upma is ready, transfer it to a serving bowl and relish eating with coconut chutney. It tastes delicious even if served with any assortments.