Ingredients

• 500g - semolina
• 4 medium-sized - onions
• 10 - green chillies
• 2 small - tomatoes
• 2 to 3 tbsp - gram dal
• 5 to 6 tbsp - oil for sauteing the semolina
• 12 to 14 tbsp - oil for sauteing the onions
• 2 tsp - mustard seeds
• 10 to 12 - cashew nuts
• a few curry leaves
• 4 to 5 glass - water
• 1.5 lemons - to be made into lemon juice
• 3 to 4 tbsp - coriander leaves (finely chopped)
• salt to taste

How to Make Plain Masala upma

• Chop the onions, green chillies and tomatoes finely.
• Soak the gram dal for half-an-hour.
• Saute the semolina in a separate vessel in 5-6 tbsp of oil on a very low flame.
• Heat about 12-14 tbsp of oil in a heavy bottomed vessel.
• Put in the mustard seeds.
• Once they splutter, add onions, green chillies, cashew nuts, curry leaves and gram dal.
• Fry till the onions are light pink in colour.
• Add the tomatoes.
• After a couple of minutes put in the water and let it boil.
• Once the gram dal is a little tender, add the roasted semolina and salt, stirring all the while till the semolina absorbs the water and is fairly dry.
• Remove from the flame and mix it with lemon juice.
• Serve hot, garnished with coriander leaves.