Vermicelli / Sev Upma

August 11, 2020November 21, 2022 TimesRide 0 Comments

Seviya Upma is also a popular South Indian dish, as called as Vermicelli Upma. It is occasionally used for breakfast. It is a fast and safe snack that you can cook easily in just 20 minutes with simple ingredients. In the spaghetti-like part, this upma recipe is a light and healthy breakfast option made from vermicelli, a traditional type of pasta. A fast snacking option for your hunger craving. This is so light that it is not just for breakfast or brunch but is considered to be an all-time meal.

As I mentioned earlier, there are several variations in the recipe and can vary with vegetables or spices added to it. Without any extra vegetables, or also known as simple upma, that is the most common recipe to prepare it. The flavour is derived primarily from the hint of lemon juice topped at the end of the recipe with onions and vegetables. In reality, the vermicelli upma is the most common way of preparing it. But adding vegetables such as beans, green peas, carrots and even broccoli can also be the other variation.

In addition, the recipe can also be extended by adding garam masala, pulav masala and vangi bath masala. In addition, by adding lentils and vegetables, the vermicelli recipe can also be prepared using bisi bele bath masala.

I’d like to add some tips and suggestions to this recipe for seviya upma. First of all, before using it in upma, I roasted seviya or vermicelli. This essentially helps to get rid of the raw smell. But you can also use store purchased roasted bambino vermicelli as an alternative, which should let you skip to further steps.

When I sautéed it with onions, I didn’t add the finely chopped tomatoes. The flavour should be very comparable to the recipe for tomato bath or tomato upma. Finally, and more importantly, just before the water begins to boil, make sure to add the roasted vermicelli. The end result will otherwise be mushy and sticky and may not be fun to serve.

Serve as is or with a conventional dish of sambar. Vermicelli Upma Ingredients for the recipe: urad dal, cooked vermicelli, tomato puree, vegetables along with spices and herbs such as carrots and peas. A bowl full of nutrients and flavours!

FAQs:

Is vermicelli healthy for UPMA?

It is best to use vermicelli upma instead of the usual suji or rava upma for a diabetes diet plan. By adding more vegetables, spices and decreasing the amount of oil used to cook up vermicelli, it also makes it a better diabetic diet choice.

Vermicelli consist of Maida?

Vermicelli is made of maida from very hard wheat which is ground. They’re just the Maida, the water, a little bit of salt. Vermicelli is an instant food product that is popular. It falls under the category of extruded products and is made from wheat flour.

Preparation Time: 10 mins

Cooking Time: 15 mins

Serves: 2

Vermicelli / Sev: 1 Cup
Onion: 1 (Finely chopped)
Tomato:1 (Finely chopped)
Green Peas: ½ cup
Green chilies: 2 (Finely chopped)
Turmeric Powder: ½ teaspoon
Curry Leaves: 6 to 8
Coriander Leaves: 1 tbsp (Finely chopped)
Mustard Seeds: 1 teaspoon
Split black gram: 1 teaspoon
Split Bengal gram: ½ teaspoon
Oil: 2 Tablespoon
Salt: 1 teaspoon
Water: 4 cups

Take Water (4 cups) in a pan and bring it to boil. Then add Vermicelli (1 cup) and boil it for 5-7 minutes.
Heat Oil (2 Tbsp) in deep pan. Add Mustard seeds (1 tsp) wait till they splutter. Add Curry leaves (5-6), Urad dal (1 tsp), Chana dal (1 tsp) and roast for a minute.
Add Onion (1 no.) and Green chillies (3 to 4) and sauté till the onions are transparent. Add the Green peas (1/2 cup) and cover it. Allow it to steam and cook for 3-4 minutes.
Then add the Tomatoes (1 no.) add Turmeric powder (1/2 tsp) and sauté it for 2-3 mins
Remove the vermicelli after 5-7 minutes by straining it and removing all the water. Remember do not overcook them.
Add the boiled vermicelli to the tempering. Add Salt (1 ½ tsp) and mix nicely.
Cover and keep for 2-3 minutes. Garnish with chopped Coriander (1 tbsp)
Serve hot and Enjoy!