Sevai Upma / Vermicelli Upma Recipe

Name: Sevai Upma / Vermicelli Upma Recipe
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups sevai or Vermicelli; 1 chopped onion; 5-6 chopped green chillies; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp curry leaves; 1/2 cup green fresh peas; as required Salt; as required Oil; as required Cashews for garnish; 1 tsp lemon juice (optional)

Nandinee Parag Jambhulkar @cook_22389136

Sevai Upma is very popular South Indian breakfast. It is a quick and healthy breakfast that can be cook easily in 20 mins with simple ingredients available. In this recipe I have used homemade wheat sevai. Thin vermicelli is easily available in super markets.

Nandinee Parag Jambhulkar @cook_22389136

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Ingredients

25mins

4 servings

2 cupssevai or Vermicelli
1chopped onion
5-6chopped green chillies
1/2 tspcumin seeds
1/2 tspmustard seeds
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1 tspcurry leaves
1/2 cupgreen fresh peas
as requiredSalt
as requiredOil
as requiredCashews for garnish
1 tsplemon juice (optional)

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Steps

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1

Heat pan or kadai and roast the sevai/ vermicelli for 3 to 4 mins until slightly golden. Transfer it to a plate and keep aside.
2

Now heat 1 tbsp oil in the same kadhai add cumin seeds and mustard seeds, after spluttering add curry leaves and sauté. Now add chopped onion and sauté till it turns translucent.
3

Add chopped green chilli and green peas and sauté for 3 to 4 mins. Now add turmeric powder salt and mix well.
4

Now add roasted sevai and little water. Cover the kadai with the lid and let it cook further for some mins on a medium flame.
5

Once the sevai becomes soft add lemon juice mix gently and off the gas burner. Garnish with fried or roasted cashews and peanuts.
6

Dish is ready.