Cracked wheat (Kothumai) Upma

Samba wheat upma is a very healthy tiffin item that my mom used to make quite often in my house. Now I try to make it atleast once a week because of its nutritional value. For those of you trying to shed some pounds this might be a good choice.

Ingredients:

Cracked wheat -1 cup

Water- 2 ½ cups

Onion -1 big cut lengthwise

Lemon juice

For Tempering:

Urad dhal- 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds- 1 Tbsp

Channa dhal- 1 tbsp

Jeera seeds -1 Tbsp

Green chillies- 2 or 3 finely chopped

Red chillies- 2

Ginger- small piece finely chopped

Garlic - small piece finely chopped(optional)

Curry leaves- few

Oil

Hing

In a pressure pan add the tempering items and when the mustard seeds splutter add the finely chopped onions & sauté till soft.

Now add the cracked wheat and sauté for 1 or 2 mins. To this add water, salt & hing and close the pressure pan & cook for 2 or 3 whistles.

After opening the pan, squeeze some lemon juice and serve.

Note:

Sour buttermilk could also be added instead of lemon juice

I pressure cooked it bcos I use the cracked wheat variety which are bigger wheat kernels, so it takes time to cook in open pan but if the smaller kind is used then this can be cooked in open pan like usual upma.