vegetable semiya

Vegetable Semiya is one healthy dish topped with strawberry pieces & garnished with chopped cilantro & parsley will be a lip smacking food. you can serve this dish for a get-2-gethers or flatter your loved ones. Use all or vegetables of your choice or availability.

ingredients:

vermicelli - 300 gms

onions - chopped -1 cup

jalapeno chillies - 1 cup - cut in to their shapes

red radish - 1/4 cup - cubed

beans - cut - 1/4 cup

potato - cubed - 1/4 cup

squash - cubed - 1/4 cup (any variety)

peas - 5 tbsp

corn - 5 tbsp

leeks - 10 tbsp

ginger - 2 tbsp - finely chopped

curry leaves - few

mustard seeds, urud dhall, cumin, Channa dhall - seasoning

parsley- chopped - 3 tbsp

cilantro - chopped - 3 tbsp

salt - to taste

oil- 1/4 cup sesame or olive oil

coconut oil - 3 tbsp

coconut - seasoning - scrapped

Strawberries- fresh-cubed-5.

Fry the semiya in a spoon of oil & keep aside. Fry the seasoning ingredients then with onion, leeks, ginger,jalapeno's & vegetables. Add 11/2 cups(150 ml) of water & cook them tender. add salt to taste give a stir & semiya stir them often in medium-low heat. finally scrapped coconut,parsley, cilantro to mix well with the upma. Now top the chopped strawberries over & serve hot.

tip: semiya needs half its quantity of water to get a non-sticky upma.