When you wake up early for work, you may not want to struggle to cook a sumptuous breakfast. Quick, easy, and filling are often the go-to choices. Instead of processed foods, dishes like upma are considered a lighter and healthier option. It’s a dish like
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But that’s not the only way to make this breakfast dish. You can always make it with other, healthier varieties such as oats or quinoa. Filled with vegetables like carrots, peas and potatoes, upma is easy to make and delicious to eat. Here are a few ways to trim up your bumps without streaks.
1. Oats Upma
Suji upma is typically made with roasted semolina, but this recipe uses oats. Oats are dry roasted in a frying pan. Upma, iron-packed oats in the form of chana dal and urad dal, are stuffed with vegetables such as onions, carrots and green beans. Add curry leaves, mustard seeds, ginger and green chilies to this. Mix everything together and garnish with crushed peanuts.
2. Ragi Upuma
What’s a better substitute for gristle than a healthy grain like ragi? You can add your favorite vegetables such as carrots and onions. Season with green chillies, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and salt. Toss everything together and your thick porridge is ready.
3. Subdana Upuma
This is the perfect fasting breakfast that anyone can eat. Not only is it delicious, it’s also very healthy. Combine sabdana or tapioca pearls with vegetables and spices to add a delicious touch to your breakfast. Roasted peanuts and coriander leaves are used to finish the dish.
4. Quinoa Upma
Quinoa is an excellent and healthy substitute for rice.Besides biryani and pulao, quinoa also substitutes for upma tendon. Quinoa is a healthy grain derived from amaranth and upma is tossed with carrots, peas, broccoli and onions. Rich in spices, quinoa is typically short-grain, soft, easy to eat, and keeps you full for longer.
5. Butte ka Upuma
Fascinating, isn’t it? Budha for starters means corn in Hindi. Peel and boil the corn kernels. These are cooked with spices, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chili powder and lemon juice. Flavored with grated coconut and curry leaves, Bhutteka is a popular Madhya Pradesh dish known as his keeth.
