Tomato Upma

-Tomato upma can be a good breakfast which is perfect as one pot meal. This is another variation of normal upma with added tomatoes which give tangy taste and is tasty.

Ingredients

-One and half cup semolina

-4 and half cups of water

-one large tomato

-one chopped potato

-one diced onion

-Few curry leaves

-2 dry red chillies

-half tsp cumin,mustard seeds

-half tsp split black gram

-one tsp bengal gram

-Few roasted peanuts

-Half tsp of chopped ginger

-pinch of turmeric

-salt as per taste

-Any cooking oil

-First step is tempering. Take little oil in vessel and half tsp cumin,mustard seeds.when they crackle add split black gram and one tsp bengal gram.

-Next add few curry leaves and finely chopped ginger and saute till ginger smell leaves

-Add diced onions and saute until they are cooked.

-Add few roasted peanuts and mix

-Next add pinch of turmeric and dry red chillies and saute

-Add diced potatoes and cook for some time,Then add chopped tomatoes and mix

-Add salt as per taste and add 4 and half cups of water for one and half cup semolina .

-To prevent lumps from forming while adding semolina, you can mix semolina in little water first.

-Add this semolina paste to boiling water and mix.

Serve tomato upma hot with some pickle