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Recipe: Tangy Sevaiya Upma

May 09, 2023 12:58 IST

The closest Indian parallel, in my view, to a pasta is Sevaiya Upma.

Tangy, fragrant with a dot of ghee, I lightly fry up the rice or semolina sevaiya or vermicelli with imli and coconut and it makes for a light breakfast or a snack.

You can also choose to add a range of finely chopped vegetables.

Photograph: Zelda Pande

Tangy Sevaiya Upma

Serves: 3

Ingredients

Method

Zelda's Note: You might like to add some vegetables when adding the sevaiya in, like julienned carrots, tiny chopped pieces French beans, a little peas, chopped onions, keeping vegetables to sevaiya ratio 1:1.
In place of imli you can opt to add a few tsp lime juice.
Caution: Careful while adding oil and ghee. It should neither get too oily or too dry

ZELDA PANDE