Aval upma is one easy and healthy breakfast recipe. I like the recipe’s simplicity and amazing flavours too. This is my mother-in-laws version of aval upma. This upma can have a lot of variations; you can add chopped tomatoes along with onions or even add vegetables, turmeric and squeeze some lemon.
Below is my version of aval upma.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Aval / flattened rice
- 1 cup Bean sprouts
- ½ Onion, chopped
- Green chillies
- 1 tbsp. Ginger, very finely chopped
- ½ cup Coconut, grated
- 1 tbsp. Oil
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- Water and salt, as required
To temper:
- 2 tsps. Oil
- ¾ tsp. Mustard
- 1 tsp. Urad dal
- 2 tsps. Chana dal
Method
- Heat a deep bottomed pan with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’. Add curry leaves followed by chopped ginger and slit green chillies. Give a quick stir and add finely chopped onion and fry until transparent.
- Add sprouted beans to it; cook covered for 3 – 4 minutes in medium flame.
- Add the soaked aval and stir well. If rice flakes are soft don’t soak it, simply add it to the cooked sprouts and mix. Cover and cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Once done, add the coconut gratings and drizzle some oil over and mix well.
- Serve warm.
