Semiya Upma

This is an another master piece from my amma.... she makes awesome upma that you can actually count the number of semiyas used in it!!!

Ingredients:  

1. Semiya / Vermicelli – 1 cup
2. Green chillies – 2 to 3
3. Carrot – 1
4. Matar / peas – little less than handful
5. Onions – 1 Big
6. Elachi, crushed -2
7. Lavang, crushed – 2
8. Dalchin, crushed – 1/2 inch piece.
9. Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
10. Salt o taste.
11. Water – 2 cups
12. Kaju /Cashew nuts – 4 to 5 (optional)

Method:  

• In little ghee/ butter , fry semiya till light golden brown. keep this aside.
• Now, in a separate cooking vessel heat oil and sauté crushed elaichi, lavang,dalchin.
• To this add ginger garlic paste, onion, carrot, mirchi . Mix and sauté them well . Then add salt and mix well.
• Add  2 cups of water and then add the golden colored semiya.
• Put on low flame and close the lid for 5 to 6 min and switch off the flame.
• Garnish with kaju roasted in little ghee.