Semiya Upma or vermicelli upma is a quick, delicious and healthy one pot savory South Indian breakfast dish. Make it either plain or toss it with your choice of vegetables to make the dish more nutritious,wholesome and filling. Serve it along with coconut chutney, pickle on side and enjoy!
What Is Vermicelli?
Vermicelli is basically a long thin thread like pasta made out of either all purpose flour (maida) or wheat or semolina. Popularly known as Semiya in most part of the southern India. Seviyan is a Hindi name, Shemai in Bengali and shavige is a Kannada name for vermicelli.
The great quality of this vermicelli is that you can transform it into a dish in number of ways. From sweets to savoury dishes to snacks, the vermicelli has the character to mould itself beautifully into any form.
You will find various sizes of vermicelli, they are available in thick, thin and even fine form. Fine vermicelli significantly goes into Sheer khurma or Sweet Semiya. Thick ones goes in payasam, upma, pulao, khichadi and so on.
Semiya Upma (Vermicelli Upma):
The recipe of semiya upma has a basic set of ingredients that is a must to go in. They are onions, chilies, channa and urad dal, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Rest of the spices powders are totally ones choice to enhance the flavors.
This Vermicelli upma or semiya upma is packed with the right amount of nutrition, this is the perfect breakfast to energise your mornings. Load it up with your favorite veggies to make it more delicious and nutritious! With its fast and simple prep feature, this vermicelli recipe is the perfect choice for a healthy breakfast or even a light lunch!
I would prefer the breakfast recipes must always be quick and easy. You know, the kind of recipes that you can whip up in a jiffy, and that doesn’t even need the use of accurate measurements. Do you love such recipes? Then read on to learn all about this rush hour recipe that also happens to be super delicious!
Semiya Upma is a light dish which is quite popular for breakfast. But it can also be taken as a snack along with tea. This savoury snack is loved by the kids and has much more nutrition than most of the fast foods.
I frequently make this for breakfast, as it is a favorite dish of my family!
Lets see how to make this nutritious and tasty Semiya Upma,
SEMIYA UPMA | VERMICELLI UPMA RECIPE:
Ingredients:
2 tbsp oil or ghee
2 cups vermicelli (semiya)
1.5 tsp mustard seeds
1.5 tsp chana dal
1 tsp urad dal
1/4 cup raw peanuts(optional)
2-3 green chillies slit or chopped
Few curry leaves
1 onion medium sized, finely chopped
Salt to taste
1/4 cup carrot, chopped
1/4 cup french beans, chopped
1/4 cup green peas
3/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
3 cups water
2 tsp lemon juice
Coriander leaves as needed,finely chopped
Instructions:
- In a pan, heat 2 tsp of ghee or oil. Add vermicelli and roast until light brown. Take it out on plate and set it aside.
- In the same pan, heat remaining oil or ghee in same pan or kadhai. Add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle.
- Add chana dal and urad dal and fry for 30 seconds on medium heat.
- Add raw peanuts and fry until just golden and aromatic.
- Add slit green chilies and curry leaves, fry for few seconds.
- Add chopped onions and salt, fry until soft and pink.
- Then, add chopped carrots, beans and green peas, sauté on high for a minute.
- Add turmeric and red chili powder, sauté for a minute.
- Now, add 3 cups of water and bring it to boil.
- Once water boils well, add lemon juice and roasted vermicelli, mix. Allow the vermicelli to absorb water.
- Cover and cook on low for 2 minutes only.
- Add chopped coriander leaves, switch off the heat and leave it undisturbed for couple of minutes. Then fluff it up using spoon or a fork.
- Serve with any chutney,curd and pickle on the side.
Notes:
- Always use the ratio of 1 cup vermicelli to 1.5 cups of water. If you are using thin variety of vermicelli, then reduce the amount of water to 1 cup to 1 cup of vermicelli.
- If you are using unroasted vermicelli then do roast the vermicelli in ghee or oil for more earthy flavour and aroma.
- If you are using pre roasted vermicelli then skip the roasting step and proceed with the recipe.
- To make semiya upma dairy free, vegan and nut free, use oil, skip ghee and raw peanuts or cashew nuts.
- You can skip the nuts if you re allergic to it. Proceed with the rest.
- You can add your choice of vegetables in the recipe or simply skip them and make plain lemon semiya upma.
- Modify the amount of chillies as per your preference.
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