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Feb 13, 2011

Barley Upma

This is a healthy way to eat Upma and a tasty way too. But it tasted a little grainy to chew just like Quinoa.  Still if you feel like you are eating healthy food, it would taste so delicious, right? I don’t mean it doesn’t taste good, but only thing I want to make specific is that it takes a little time to chew (good for gums, isn't it?:)).


Ingredients:
  • 1 cup Pearl Barley (Quick cooking Barley)
  • A small Onion, finely chopped
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 1 or 2 Green Chilies, finely chopped
  • A small piece of Ginger, peeled and chopped fine
  • Few Curry Leaves
  • ½ tsp Mustard Seeds
  • ¼ tsp Cumin Seeds
  • ¼ tsp Black Gram (Minapappu, Urad Dal)
  • ¼ tsp Bengal Gram (Pachi Senagapappu, Chana Dal)
  • 1 or 2 dry Red Chili
  • 1 tsp Oil
  • 4 cups Water
  • Salt

Preparation:

Wash barley with plenty of water and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When they pop, add cumin seeds + black gram + Bengal gram + curry leaves + red chili and sauté well until the dals change color.


Now add onion + tomatoes + green chilies + ginger and mix well. Pour water, add salt and bring it to a boil. 

Check if onions are cooked and add barley and mix well. Cover and allow the barley to cook for some time.

Add more water if needed to allow barley to cook well. 

After all the water gets absorbed and barley gets cooked, turn off the flame and leave upma on stove for a while. Then transfer to a serving plate and enjoy steaming hot healthy upma.

15 comments:

Shama Nagarajan said... [Reply]

good one..yummy

Priya Sreeram said... [Reply]

healthy and filling - i like this

Hamaree Rasoi said... [Reply]

Very healthy and yummy looking preparation. Awesome upma.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

priya said... [Reply]

healthy and yummy

divya said... [Reply]

Wow simply superb..

Priya Suresh said... [Reply]

Wat a healthy upma, thats really amazing..

Shobha said... [Reply]

Very healthy dish.

Unknown said... [Reply]

Good one!! Never tried upma with barley..great idea!

Raks said... [Reply]

Barley upma sounds healthy and nice idea!

Unknown said... [Reply]

wow, what a great idea !!!

Sensible Vegetarian said... [Reply]

A very creative and delicious Upma.

Siri said... [Reply]

Good for gums and more importantly, good for health filled with whole-grain goodness.

Siri

Anu Ganesh said... [Reply]

Never knew we can make upma with barley. Very nice!

Torviewtoronto said... [Reply]

delicious and healthy
following you

vidhas said... [Reply]

Helathy uppma, new to me thanks for sharing, nice clicks.

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