Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Carrot Cornmeal Upma

Upma, a quick dish to prepare anytime of the day if you are in hurry, serve it simply with some coconut chutney or sugar i can have almost everyday, but am somewat healthnut nowadays and trying to avoid oily dishes quite few months, somehow my craving for upma kicked me to cook up something yesterday for our dinner, thats why i simply prepared this carrot cornmeal upma after a long...This upma gets ready very much quickly,since cornmeal are quite smaller when compared to our Indian rava, its gets cooked very much easily when compared to our rava...Also i used less water for cooking coz i used the fine quality of cornmeal for making this upma, addition of carrots gives a wonderful colour and a healthy touch to this simple upma..A wonderful,filling upma to enjoy either for breakfast or for dinner.


1cup Cornmeal
1/2cup Carrots (grated)
1no Onion (big n sliced finely)
2nos Green chillies (slit opened)
1tsp Ginger (minced)
1tsp Mustard seeds+urad dal
1/2tsp Channadal
3nos Dry red chillies
1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
Few Curry leaves
1+1/2cups Water
Oil
Salt

Dry roast the cornmeal in a pan until a nice aroma comes out..Heat enough oil, let splutters the mustard seeds, urad dal,channadal,dry red chillies,fry until they turns brown, add now the sliced onions,grated ginger,curry leaves and slit opened green chillies,sauté until the onions turns transculent,immediately add the grated carrots and salt, cook for few seconds, add the water and bring everything to boil..

Add now the roasted cornmeal to the cooking veggies, stir continously until the cornmeal gets well cooked,put off the stove..Serve hot with chutney..

53 comments:

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

Upma with cornmeal,super...

Kurinji Kudil said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy and colorful upma...

Nandita SS said... Reply To This Comment

hmmmm that's a very nice twist for the upma Priya!!! Can't wait to try this :)

Kaveri Venkatesh said... Reply To This Comment

Upma out of Cormeal sounds interesting....Carrot Cormeal upma looks delicous

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Carrot cornmeal upma looks awesome.......

Aruna Manikandan said... Reply To This Comment

looks healthy and delicious dear :)

Lifewithspices said... Reply To This Comment

Even i love to use the corn meal i mostly make dosa with it..the upma looks yumm with carrots.

Madhura Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy & comforting upma. Nice colour.

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Hari Chandana P said... Reply To This Comment

Wonderful and healthy recipe.. looks tempting.. love it :)
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Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Wow healthy variation upma

Nadji said... Reply To This Comment

Je pensais connaitre un peu la cuisine indienne, mais avec toi, je découvre toujours de nouvelles choses.
Merci.
A très bientôt.

Taste Melanger said... Reply To This Comment

Your innovative combination of ingredients and easy healthy recipes always impress me...Now I'm wondering where to start trying from!!

Binys Recipes said... Reply To This Comment

priya most of ur recipes are so new to me...dis as well upma looks yummy

Indian Khana said... Reply To This Comment

It's looks so gud that I want to eat this now ....

Indian Khana said... Reply To This Comment

It's looks so gud that I want to eat this now ....

Zareena said... Reply To This Comment

Wow!! never tried upma with cornmeal. loved the lovely yellow colour.

nirupamasundar said... Reply To This Comment

pl post the picture of corn rawa, bcoz the corn rawa we get here takes a long time to cook

GEETHA ACHAL said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so tempting....So yummy upma...

Shobha said... Reply To This Comment

Yummyyyyy !
The look of it makes me hungry.

Sravs said... Reply To This Comment

Nice healthy upma !! unique combination !!

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Rujuta said... Reply To This Comment

Hi Priya,
Very unusual.. I have tried using carrots in upma but cornmeal for upma sounds interesting... Will try and let u know..
Lovely recipe and great click...
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Harini said... Reply To This Comment

yumm..I had planned cornmeal upma for breakfast today!! Coincidence??

aipi said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious n filling upma ~ love that pretty yellow color :)
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Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy and filling..delicious breakfast recipe.

Shireen said... Reply To This Comment

Yum!! Iam a big breakfast fan and I am definitely bookmarking this superb recipe Priya, by cornmeal you mean 'makkai ka atta' i hope...thanks for posting!! And thanks for your lovely comments on my blog dear!!

CurryLeaf said... Reply To This Comment

innovative and healthy dish. Love the combo and colour Priya

Shanavi said... Reply To This Comment

Comforting upma with a new twist..CORNMEAL.. Love it

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Another great dish that I wouldn't have thought of myself. Looks yum!

SpicyTasty said... Reply To This Comment

wow!!healthy and delicious upma..

Suchitra Vaidyaram said... Reply To This Comment

healthy, healthy and looks super sumptuous! love it :)

Archana said... Reply To This Comment

looks good!

Sangeetha M said... Reply To This Comment

healthy n delicious upma...tats a innovative upma,never tried...paakkave supera erukku...mmmm...

Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious and healthy upma

Krishnaveni said... Reply To This Comment

the picture looks cute, delicious recipe priya

Joyti said... Reply To This Comment

I'm sure the cornmeal added nice crunch and texture. The upma sounds and looks very delicious...

Mélange said... Reply To This Comment

Nice healthy upma..colorful too..
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Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Cornmeal carrot upma looks awesome perfect Priya.

Laavanya said... Reply To This Comment

Upma with cornmeal? Nice idea... definitely looks very good.

As for the baked vadas - definitel have to try them someday.

Suganya said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy one.... Lovely idea of making upma with veggies incorporated... YUM!

Deepthi KR said... Reply To This Comment

yummy healthy recipe!!!
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Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Woww.. thats a cool idea :D Looks yumm too..

Simply Life said... Reply To This Comment

wow! great idea!

Vatsala. said... Reply To This Comment

Loved the colour and the twist.
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Rachu said... Reply To This Comment

nice twist in upma.. looks yumm too

Vardhini said... Reply To This Comment

Love all the combinations .. so healthy and tasty Priya.

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Umm Mymoonah said... Reply To This Comment

Hmmm! yumm! Love this combination, what a healthy go this humble upma.

Torviewtoronto said... Reply To This Comment

upma looks wonderfully delicious Priya
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1-2punch said... Reply To This Comment

I want that...now! really it looks and sounds very delish, thanks for this one

Sushma said... Reply To This Comment

Upma is my all time favs!! Love the way you have made this!!

Vegetarian Zest said... Reply To This Comment

It surely tastes good. Corn meal and upma...you can't go wrong.

Elisabeth said... Reply To This Comment

If I would eat your kind of amazing dishes, so colorful, flavorful, and delicious. I would become a vegetarian and not miss the meat...but I will settle for being a vegetarian, just browsing through all your wonderful recipes, Priya!

Malaysian Delicacies said... Reply To This Comment

Yup, this is going to be yummy.healthy too..

Reva said... Reply To This Comment

Upma looks yum Priya... lovely addition of vegetables:)
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