Uppama - Great Breakfast for Growing Kids

Ingredients:

1 cup semolina
2 cups hot water
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp urad dal
1 onion chopped
1 chopped capsicum
2 green chillies, chopped
1/4 coconut, grated
10 curry leaves
2 tbsps oil
salt to taste

Method:-
1. Heat the oil and splutter the mustard seeds.

2. Fry the urad dal and curry leaves.

3. Add the onion, capsicum and green chillies.

4. Fry till the onion is translucent.

5. Add the semolina and fry it till it is light brown.

6. Add the hot water and salt. Cook on low heat.

7. When dry, add the coconut, mix and serve.

Pongal Lemon Rice Delicacy

Ingredients:

Rice: 2 cups
Juice of 2 lemons (75ml)
Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
Urad dal- 1 and 1/2 tsp
Chana dal- 1 and 1/2 tsp
Peanuts- 4 tsp
Green chilli- 5
Red chilli- 3
Salt to taste
Curry leaves
Turmeric

Method:

Cook 2 cups rice with 3 cups of water.

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, cumin, urad dal, chana dal, pea nuts fry until dal becomes brown, and then add green chilli, red chilli, curry leaves and turmeric. After 1 min add lemon juice and salt (approximately 1 and 1/2 or 2 tsp) and remove from the heater.

Add this to cooked rice and mix it gently