Easy and healthy breakfast dish prepared with rava / semolina,spinach and tomato as main ingredients.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sooji/semolina/rava
  • 1.5 cups spinach (palak)
  • 1 large tomato ((about 1 cup))
  • 3 green chillies
  • 2 tablespoon oil
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds(jeera)
  • 1 teaspoon urad dal
  • few cashews ((optional))
  • 1 stalk curry leaves
  • 1 teaspoon ginger (minced)
  • 2.5 cups water
  • salt (to taste)
  • juice of half lemon
  • 2 tablespoon cilantro (coriander leaves)

Method

  1. In a Blender add chopped spinach(palak),tomato,green chillies and blend to a smooth paste without adding any water.
  2. Start by roasting the sooji until it’s fragrant on medium low flame in a pan. Do not burn or brown the sooji from bottom so be careful.Remove it into a clean dry bowl or plate.Note: You can do this step of roasting sooji in advance and save time for busy mornings.
  3. Add oil in a heavy bottom pan, add mustard seeds, jeera(cumin) seeds,urad dal,cashew nuts and saute for 1 minute until they start changing color.Next add chopped ginger and curry leaves. Saute another 20 secs.
  4. Add spinach tomato puree to this pan and cook for 2-3 minutes.It slightly changes its color.
  5. Later add the water, salt and let it come to a boil.Once it starts boiling, start adding the roasted sooji at a time.Stir sooji continuously after each addition in one direction with a spatula to avoid lumps.
  6. Then cover the pan with lid and set heat to low. Let it remain like that for 2-3 mins still all moisture is absorbed.Turn off the heat.
  7. Remove lid,add lemon juice, coriander leaves and 2 tablespoon of ghee.Ghee is optional but recommended.Mix well.
  8. Serve the spinach upma hot with coconut chutney,pickle,sambar.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.