Upma
Upma is an Indian breakfast dish made with semolina, onions, green chilies, ginger and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 20 mins
- Calories (estimate)
- ~220 kcal
- Course
- Breakfast
- Cuisine
- Indian
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Ingredients
What goes into Upma. This recipe lists ingredients without measured quantities — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- Semolina
- Onions
- Green chilies
- Ginger
- Cashews
- Curry leaves
- Mustard seeds
Method
- 1Roast semolina until aromatic
- 2Temper mustard seeds, curry leaves, cashews
- 3Sauté onions, ginger, green chilies
- 4Add water and bring to boil
- 5Slowly add roasted semolina, stir continuously
About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.





