SEMIYA UPMA

Ingredients :

• 2 cups semiya (vermicelli)
• 10-12 cashew nuts
• 1 potato peeled and chopped
• 1carrot chopped
• ½ cup shelled peas
• 1 onion chopped
• 4-5 french beans chopped
• 3 slit green chilis
• Few curry leaves
• 1 tbsp clarified butter
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp oil
• 3-4 cloves
• 2 cardamoms
• 2 pieces of 1" cinnamon
• ½ tsp shah-jeera

Method :

With a little clarified butter roast semiya to light golden brown. Fry cashew nuts and keep them aside. Heat oil in a wok, add all the ingredients of the seasoning first and onions later. Fry onions and add all the chopped vegetables salt and curry leaves. Cook till they are done. Add two cups of water and bring it to a boil. Add roasted semiya and cashew nuts. Mix well and cover the wok. Simmer the flame and allow to cook till the entire water is absorbed by the vermicelli.