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Upma

Amma's notebook · Breakfast, snacks & starters, page 1

Amma's everyday rawa upma: semolina cooked soft with onion, green chilli and coriander, finished with a squeeze of lemon. Breakfast in about 15 minutes.

Upma, in Amma's handwriting
Amma's original. Tap to open full size.

Method

  1. In a pan, put oil and add a little zeera.
  2. Add the chopped onions and fry. Add the chopped hari mirchi and salt to taste, and sauté.
  3. Add the rawa and sauté again.
  4. Add the water, mix and cover. Cook on a slow flame.
  5. Add kothmir and lemon juice, mix and cover.
  6. Serve hot.

Amma's notes

  • Amma writes "sorte" for sauté.

Typed up from Amma's handwritten notebook. Her Hindi and Urdu words are kept as she wrote them.

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