Vegetable Vermicelli Upma

There are days when you dont have time to cook ahead or plan for dinner. Veg upma is a very easy and simple dish which you can cook quick and dont have to go to fast food or think about take outs. Most of the kids dont like when they hear the name upma, maybe its their bad experience of eating overcooked ones. But if you make sure you cook right, it might end up being their favorite dinner or evening snacks. By adding more vegetables like carrot and peas makes it even more nutritious and a complete meal.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cup- Vermicelli
• ½ onion – finely chopped
• 2 carrots – chopped
• ½ -1 cup -frozen peas
• ½ tsp – black mustard
• 1 tp urad dhal( optional)
• 1 tsp- chana dhal (optional)
• 1-2 tsp -freshly grated/chopped ginger
• 2-3 green/red chili
• 2 cups of water
• salt to taste
• ¼ cup- chopped coriander leaves

Directions

1. In a pan, dry roast the vermicelli on a medium flame till its turns light brown and then transfer it to a bowl or plate.
2. In the same pan, add some oil along with mustard, channa and urad dhal, chillis and stir for a min.
3. Now add the onions and saute for a min or so, till its transparent (make sure it does not turn brown else the color of upma wil change).
4. Now add the carrots, peas and 2 cups of water .
5. Once the water starts to boils along with the vegetables, add the ground ginger, salt and the roasted vermicelli and stir to combine all ingredients.
6. Close the lid of pan and keep it in low-medium flame and allow the vermicelli to cook (5-7 mins).
7. Open the lid and you can see that all the water is almost gone, but its a little bit sticky. Now you can off the flame.
8. Now add the chopped coriander leaves and close the lid for 5 mins which allows the remaining moisture to absorb and the vermicelli to set so that it does not break or get mushy(5 mins).
9. Its ready to be served with peanut or almond chutney.

Benefits of Peas

• Green peas are one of the important foods to include in your diet if you feel fatigued and sluggish as they provide nutrients that help support the energy-producing cells and systems of the body.
• They are a very good source of vitamin K-which activates the protein in bone and hence p are important for maintaining bone health.
• Green peas also serve as a very good source of folic acid and a good source of Vitamin B6 are supportive of cardiovascular health as well.
• Its has a good amount of fibre also- one cup of peas provides over 1/3 of the necessary daily fiber.

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