Broken wheat Upma in Pressure cooker | Indian breakfast recipe | Preeja's Cookbook

Broken wheat Upma

Preparation time : 5 Minutes

Cooking time : 10 Minutes

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Ingredients:

Broken wheat - 1 Cup ( 250 ml)

Ghee / Oil - 2 Tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Chopped onion - 1/2 Cup

Chopped ginger - 1 tsp

Green chili - 1

Potato Cubed - 1/2 cup

Carrot Cubed - 1/2 cup

Chopped French beans - 4

Cashew nuts - 10 to 15

Raisins - 10 to 15

Water - 1 & 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Curry leaves - 1 spring

Instructions:

1. Heat a pan on low - medium heat. Dry roast the broken wheat for 2 minutes. Transfer the broken wheat into a bowl and wash 2 to 3 times with water. Drain the water and keep it aside.

2. Heat a pressure cooker on medium heat and add ghee. When the ghee heats up, add mustard seeds.

3. When the mustard seeds starts to crackle, add curry leaves.

4. Add cashew nuts and raisins into it and saute for 30 seconds.

5. Add chopped onion, ginger and green chili . Saute it until the onion become translucent.

6. Add chopped vegetables and saute it for a minute. Add salt and broken wheat . Mix well

7. Add water and mix well. Close the cooker with lid and put on whistle.

8. Cook on medium heat. Turn of the stove , after one whistle comes on.

9. Open the cooker , after the pressure inside the cooker has released completely.

10. Mix the upma with fork . Enjoy the upma with Chutney !!!

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