Broken Barley Upma Recipe
Broken Barley Upma is a healthy upma recipe that is made with broken barley and vegetables. Barley is quick to cook millet and tastes delicious when combined with vegetables, asafoetida.
Ingredients
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1/2 cup Barley (seeds)
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(Broken Barley)
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1-1/2 Cups Water
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1 Onion
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finely chopped
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1 teaspoon Ginger
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grated
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2 Green Chillies
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finely chopped
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1/2 cup Carrot (Gajjar)
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diced small
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1/2 cup Green beans (French Beans)
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finely chopped
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1/4 cup Green peas (Matar)
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steamed
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1 Tomato
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chopped
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2 tablespoon Raw Peanuts (Moongphali)
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1 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
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1 tablespoon White Urad Dal (Split)
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1 sprig Curry leaves
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roughly chopped
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Salt
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to taste
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2 teaspoons Lemon juice
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Coriander (Dhania) Leaves
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small bunch
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chopped
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Oil
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for cooking
Instructions
Step 1
To make the Broken Barley Upma Recipe, heat the oil in a pressure cooker or a pan on medium heat, add the mustard seeds and allow it to crackle
Step 2
Once it crackles add in the split urad dal and peanuts
Step 3
Saute for a few minutes until the dal gets roasted
Step 4
Once roasted add chopped onions, ginger, green chilies, curry leaves and saute till onion turns translucent
Step 5
Add carrots, beans, peas and let it all cook for a minute or two stirring in between
Step 6
Now add barley grits mix well and saute for few minutes
Step 7
Keep stirring else barley may stick to the cookers /pan's bottom
Step 8
Pour in the 1 cup of water
Step 9
Stir in the salt and tomatoes and give the mixture a good stir
Step 10
Cover the pressure cook for 2 whistles
Step 11
Turn off the flame and allow the pressure to release naturally
Step 12
Once the pressure has released, open the cooker, add the lemon juice and coriander leaves
Step 13
Mix well and serve hot
Step 14
Serve this upma along with Coconut Chutney for breakfast to make a complete and wholesome meal