Wheat noodles upma is a easy,quick and healthy breakfast recipe. wheat noodles are available in supermarkets. rice noodles can also be used instead of wheat noodles. however precaution must be taken while cooking rice noodles, as they cook very fast and if overcooked turn very mushy.
Ingredients : serves : 4 adults
- wheat/rice noodles packet : one
- water : 5-6 cups
- oil : 2 tbsp
- ghee / clarified butter : 1 tbsp
- chopped onions : 1 cup
- chopped tomato : 1 cup
- green peas : half cup
- chopped french beans : half cup
- chopped carrots : 1 cup
- mustard seeds : 1 tsp
- jeera : 1 tsp
- hing : 1 tsp
- curry leaves : 5-6
- chopped green chilies : 2-3 chilies
- salt : for taste
- coriander : for garnishing
- heat the noodles without adding oil or ghee in a kadhai. keep turning them in the kadhai till they turn slightly brown and fragrant.
- in another flat bottom vessel, boil water. add salt and oil to the water and bring it to boil.
- pour the boiling water over the noodles in kadhai till the noodles immerse in water completely. heat for some time. check with a spoon whether the noodles have turned soft enough.(rice noodles cook fast, almost immediately after pouring the boiling water.)
- pour the water and noodles mixture in a sieve and hold for some time under tap water. all the noodles should be cooled completely. this will help to make the noodles non-sticky. keep the cooled noodles aside.
- in a kadhai, heat ghee. add mustard seeds and jeera. after the seeds splutter, add hing and curry leaves, saute for 30 seconds.
- add chopped onions. saute till the onions turn translucent.
- add chopped tomatoes and cover the kadhai with a lid.
- add all the vegetables, saute them and cover the kadhai with a lid. let the vegetables cook for for 5 minutes.
- check if the vegetables have cooked, and add the noodles. stir the mix.
- add salt,mix. add coriander , mix and cover with a lid.
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