A delicious, yet different South Indian breakfast recipe

If you are bored of eating rava upma or semiya upma, try this different breakfast recipe.

Couscous Upma

Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Serves: 3 

   Ingredients needed

   Instant Couscous – 3/4 cup
   Salt -1/4 tsp 
   Water -1 1/2 cup

   Onion – 2 medium size
   Green chilli – 2 finely chopped
   Ginger – 1 inch piece (peeled and chopped)
   Salt as needed

   Beans – 1/4 cup chopped
   Carrot – 1/4 cup chopped
   Potato – 1/4 cup chopped
   Cauliflower florets- 1/3 cup
   Green Peas – 1/3 cup
   Capsicum – 1/3 cup chopped

   For the seasoning 

   Oil – 2 tbsp
   Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
   Urad dal – 1 tsp
   Curry leaves

   For garnishing 

   Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp finely chopped

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Preparation

Chop onions, beans and capsicum. Peel and chop carrots and potatoes. Blanch cauliflower florets and keep it aside. Par boil peas and keep it aside.

Take couscous in a bowl. Add 1/4 tsp salt to it.

Bring water to rolling boil. Add to the couscous, mix well and keep it covered for 10 minutes.

After 10-15 minutes – fluff couscous with a fork and our plain couscous is ready.

Method 

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and urad dal, when dal turns golden brown, add onion, green chillies, ginger and curry leaves.

Saute on medium heat until onions turn transparent.

Add potatoes, carrots and beans. Mix well, sprinkle water and cook covered, stirring in between until the vegetables are soft but not mushy. 

Once the vegetables are soft, add the cauliflower florets, peas, capsicum and salt needed. Mix and cook for another 3-4 minutes. See to it that you do not overcook the capsicum.

Add the couscous and mix gently.

Garnish with coriander leaves and enjoy it hot. You can have any chutney or pickle as a side dish for this or enjoy it as such.