Healthy Upma / गव्हाची उकड

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1 and half cup wheat flour

1 and half cup water

mustard seeds

cumin seeds

curry leaves 2-3 Twigs

medium size onion finely chopped

red chilli powder as per taste

mashed garlic or finely chopped garlic

1 T spoon coriander powder

salt to taste

Turmeric

Asafoetida

Chopped Coriander leaves for garnishing

Procedure:

1. Roast Wheat flour in a pan without oil till the raw smell goes off. It will take around 5-7 minutes. Don't roast till flour changes colour. Just rawness should be removed.
2. Switch off the gas and remove the roasted flour in a plate.
3. In the pan ,heat 4 T spoon oil.
4. Once oil is hot, put mustard seeds, let them crackle. Put cumin seeds,asafoetida,curry leaves,turmeric.
5. Put chopped onion,mashed garlic and stir well. Let the onion cook well.
6. Put red chilli powder as per taste and then pour 1 and half cup water.
7. Let the water come to boil. Add salt as per taste.Add coriander seeds powder.
8. Once water is boiling, add the roasted wheat flour and start stirring immediately. Stir until it mixes well.
9. Close the pan with a lid and keep it for 3-4 min on medium flame.
10. Just give one stir gently to avoid flour getting stick to the pan.
11. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve HOT :)

Tastes good with a lemon pickle. Or any of your choice :)

You can replace wheat flour by Jowar flour as well. The Upma will still be nutritious :)

Note: Maintain Flour-Water quantity combination as per given. ( 1:1) for the proper consistency of the dish.