How to make Semiya Upma (Vermicelli Upma) | Breakfast Recipes | Upma Recipes

Vegetable Semiya Upma or Vermicelli Upma is one of a popular and easy to do breakfast recipe in TamilNadu, when u got bored of the usual Idli, dosa or pongal. Vermicelli is similar to pasta kind of a dish. During my childhood days I do not eat dishes prepared with Semiya except semiya payasam. My friend compelled me to try when I went to her house and after the taste I started liking it and now it is one of our regular breakfast item. 

How to make Vegetable Semiya Upma Recipe

Preparation time: 15 min | Cook Time: 10min | Serves:3
Recipe Category: Breakfast | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients 

• Semiya/vermicelli - 2 cups
• Water - 4 cups
• Mixed Veggies - 1 cup ( carrot, beans, cauliflower, peas, potato)
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard - 2 pinch
• Black gram - 1/2 tsp
• Bengal gram - 1 tsp
• Green chillies - 2 or 3
• Onion - 1
• Garlic - 3 pods (finely chopped)
• Curry leaves - few
• Cashews - few ( optional )
• Ghee - 1 tsp ( optional )

Method
1. Take 2 cups vermicelli.

2. Dry roast the vermicelli till they become nice golden brown. ( you can skip it if your vermicelli is already roasted).

3. Chop the garlic, onions and green chili and the other veggies into fine pieces.

4. In a kadai add oil and throw in the mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal, chilies and the curry leaves.

5. When the mustard splutter and the dals turn nice golden brown colour, add the garlic and fry for a min.

6. Add the chopped onions and Saute till it turns pink.

7. Add in the veggies now and sauté it.

8. Add the salt and turmeric powder. Mix well.

9. Now add the water and let the veggies get cooked. (3/4th cooked)

10. Now add the roasted vermicelli and give a stir keeping the flame low.

11. Allow to cook.

12. Check whether the upma is ready by taking little vermicelli and slightly smash by fingers and if they broken, it means it is cooked.  Switch off the flame.

13. Add ghee and give a light stir.

14. Serve hot with any chutney or pickle.

15. We had it with pottukadalai chutney. 

Note:

1. You can add any veggies of your choice. 
2. If you like you can roast few cashews in ghee and add it to make it rich. 
3. Adding ghee is optional, but it tastes great when added. 

You can check other upma recipes below
Idli Upma
Aval Upma
Vegetable Rice Sevai Upma
Crab upma

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