Take oats in a pan and dry roast them until light brown and keep it aside.

Take 2 and a half cups of water and boil it. Once the water is boiled, add peas and chopped carrots. Now
let the water boil till the vegetables are cooked.

Next, take 1 tbsp of ghee in a pan, and once the ghee is hot add mustard seeds. Once seeds are crackled then add urad dal. When urad dal turns golden browns then add few Curry leaves, Green chilli roughly chopped, asafoetida, chopped cashew nuts. Sauté for a while and then add chopped onion. Sauté again till the onion turns soft.

Now add semolina and roast semolina for few minutes. Then add roasted oats in it and now it’s time to add the boiled water with the vegetables which was prepared in step 2. Keep stirring it till the thick consistency. Now add whisked curd, salt to taste, sugar, lemon juice, fresh grated-coconut which is optional, chopped coriander leaves and mix it properly. You can choose the upma consistency as per your choice. I kept it little thick but not too much dry.