Tomato Upma

If you are heading home from work and feeling ravenously hungry and want a tasty, not too filling, but nourishing snack, Tomato upma would be a quick and easy dish to make. Follow the recipe and you should soon have your hunger satiated and if there is some Upma left over, would be a good thing to warm up and have for breakfast the tomorrow morning.

Ingredient's

• 1 cup semolina (sooji)
• 2 green chillies finely chopped
• 1/2 cup boiled green peas (optional)
• 1 medium sized tomato finely chopped
• 1/2 " piece ginger finely chopped
• 8-10 curry leaves
• 1 tsp mustard seed
• 8 tbsps oil
• Few coriander leaves chopped
• Salt to taste
• Juice of 1 lemon

Heat oil in a kadai. When hot, add mustard seeds and reduce flame. When the mustard seeds stop crackling, add ginger, green chillies and curry leaves. After a minute add semolina and stir till tomato pieces become soft and blend with the semonlina. Add green peas, half the coriander leaves and salt and two full cups of water. Increase flame and cook till the water dries up and you see holes in the semolina. Reduce flame, cover and cook for 2 - 3 minutes. Before serving, add lemon juice and mix well.

Put in serving dish and garnish with remaining coriander leaves.