What’s your go-to comfort food?

There is so much variety of food in this world that it is hard to describe it. Among all these, we like many things the most. But we are not able to eat them in our everyday life because we can only eat what we have been eating since our childhood. My favorite comfort food is Upma. Upma is a popular dish of South India. It is made from semolina and it is a delicious and healthy food. Eating Upma made from semolina provides energy to our body for a long time. After eating Upma made from semolina, we do not feel hungry quickly and we feel energetic for a long time.

Upma is very easy to make. For every cup of semolina, 2 tablespoons of ghee or oil, 3 cups of water are used, along with vegetables, peanuts and cashews and tempering ingredients are also added proportionately.You can also make and eat it easily at home.

Ingredients for Upma Recipe Semolina – 1 cup, Ghee – 2 tablespoons, Mustard seeds – 1/4 teaspoon, Green peas – 1 tablespoon Carrot – 1 small piece, chopped, Coriander leaves – 1 tablespoon finely chopped, Green chilli – 1 to 2 finely chopped, Peanuts – 1 tablespoon Cashews – 7 to 8,

How to Make Upma?
To make Upma, first roast the semolina in a pan on low flame while continuously stirring it with a spoon till it becomes light brown. Fry the semolina well on low flame otherwise it will become sticky after the upma is cooked. This will take about 4 to 5 minutes. Take out the roasted semolina in a plate. Now put 2 tablespoons of ghee in the same pan and heat it. Put peanuts and cashews in the ghee and fry them lightly and take them out in a plate. Put mustard seeds in the heated ghee in a pan and fry them lightly. After the mustard seeds crackle, add finely chopped green chillies, carrots chopped into small pieces and green peas and mix well and fry on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes. After this, add roasted semolina, 3 cups of water and salt according to taste and mix well. When the water starts boiling, then cook it while stirring it with a spoon. When the batter thickens and looks like halwa, add roasted peanuts and cashews. Cook the upma for 3 to 4 minutes while stirring it with a spoon. Also add green coriander and mix.

Turn off the gas. Delicious upma is ready. Enjoy it with green coriander chutney and coconut chutney. To make this recipe even healthier, you can add as many vegetables as you want. Upma is the most commonly eaten dish in breakfast. If you want, you can pack it with tea in the evening snack or in the lunch box of your child. If you like to eat onions, you can add them with the vegetables. But remember to fry the onions a little before adding them.

The glycemic index of semolina is very low, hence it does not allow the sugar level to increase in the body. You can eat it in any illness.