Vermicelli Upma

• Prep time : 15 minutes          Cook Time: 15 minutes      Yields: Serves 4
• Ingredients 
• 1. Vermicelli        1 cup(roasted)
  2. Onion         1 no.(cut in length wise)
  3. Green chilies        3-4 no.s (slit open)
  4. Tomato            1/2 (chopped finely)
  5. Ginger          1 tsp(finely chopped)
  6. Curry leaves       few
  7. Coriander leaves      few chopped.
  8. Salt    as needed

To temper

1. Mustard seeds   1/2 tsp
2. Oil    3tsp 
3. Channa dal   1tsp
4. Cashew nut   4no.s(optional)

• Method

  1. Method
     • First roast vermicelli with few drops of oil and keep aside. 
     • Take a wide vessel ,add about 3 cups of water,few drops of oil and sprinkle some salt. 
     • Make it to boil,when it starts boiling add the roasted vermicelli. 
     
     
     

     • Stir well and cook for only 3 minutes , vermicelli should turn light transparent and soft.
     • After remove from the stove and drain the water using a strainer and allow to cool.
     • Heat oil in a sauce pan,add the tempering ingredients fry till light brown .
     
     •   Add onions, curry leaves,ginger and green chilies, fry them well. 
     • when onion turns transparent add chopped tomatoes and saute till tomato get soft and cover it with lid for few seconds .
     
     • Then add the cooked vermicelli and enough salt & stir well 
     • Mix all the items well and fry for a minutes and add some chopped coriander leaves. 
     • Now the tasty vermicelli upma was ready to serve with any chutneys or tomato ketchup.