Millet Flakes upma recipe, Breakfast recipes

Millet flakes upma recipe, with video and step by step pictures. Millet flakes upma is an easy to make healthy breakfast recipe. We all make Poha upma | batata poha using rice flakes. In our house, poha upma is a quite staple and i make it once in a week. And the only dish, which Suresh can make so confidently is Poha upma. I generally use getti aval for making batata poha and sometimes the medium thick poha also will be used in my kitchen. We all love the addition of peanuts in poha upma and so i generally add little more of peanuts in my upma.
Recently i saw Millet flakes,in many varieties of millet when i went to India. I thought i will buy a packet to try that but in the last minute i forgot about that. Few days back when i visited Sri Murugan stores(Singapore) to buy my grocery, I saw the varieties of Millet flakes there. I am excited to see that and picked a 250 gms of Little millet flakes. I tried Upma with that and it turned out quite well and no one noticed that it is made using millet. The taste is so similar, i made this recipe by combining my Pori upma and batata poha recipes. You can also make millet flakes paal payasam, thayir sadam using this millet flakes.
 For my readers in Singapore, Sri Murugan has a wide range of Millet flakes and they are available in small 250 gms packet too. They do home delivery island wide. Download Sri Murugan stores app in Android and iOs device and place your order.

Millet flakes upma recipe

• Recipe Cusine: Indian
• Prep Time: 10 Minutes
• Cook time: 20 Minutes
• Serves: 2
• Author: Jeyashri
• Recipe Category: Breakfast
• Description: Millet flakes upma is an easy to make healthy breakfast recipe

     Little millet flakes  1 cup
    Cumin powder  1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp
    Salt  as needed
    Sugar  1/2 tsp
    Oil  3 tsp
    Onion  2
    Carrot  1/2
    Green peas  1/4 cup
    Red chili powder  1 and 1/4 tsp
    Mustard seeds   1/2 tsp
    Turmeric powder   1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp
    Peanuts  3-4 tsp
    Lemon juice  1 tsp
    Coriander leaves  to garnish
    Coconut  to garnish (optional)
     Sev   to garnish (optional) 

Method with step by step pictures :

• In a wide bowl add the millet flakes and wash it nicely with water. 
• Drain the water completely.
• Add little salt, sugar, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp cumin powder to this washed millet flakes and mix well.
• Keep this aside, always keep covered. 
• Chop the onions finely. I love my poha upma with lots of onions, so i added 2 onions.
• Chop the carrots into small. And thaw the frozen peas. 
• In a pan add oil and add  the mustard seeds. 
• When it splutters add the peanuts and add the onions. 
• Saute it till the onions turn translucent. 
• Add the red chili powder, 1/2 tsp cumin powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and salt.
• If you like to garam masala add 1/2 tsp at this stage.
• Mix well and add the carrots and peas.
• Cook this for 5 minutes. Be careful not to burnt it. Control the heat. 
• Now add the millet flakes which we kept aside. 
• Mix well so that the masalas and the veggies get mixed with the millet flakes.
• Let this cook for 3-4 mins in low flame.
• Put the flame to low and add the lemon juice. 
• Mix well.
• Cook for a minute and switch off the flame. 
• Transfer to a serving bowl and add the chopped coriander leaves, coconut and sev to this millet flakes upma. 
• Serve immediately.
• This millet flakes upma tastes nice when served hot. 

Notes:

1. No need to soak the millet flakes in water for sometime. Wash and drain the water and the waiting time to cook the onions and other things is more than enough.
2. I used little millet flakes| samai aval, you can use barnyard millet aval or thinal aval or kambu aval too. 
3. You can make the upma in the batata poha upma style.
4. Pomegranate seeds can also be added in the last to the millet flakes upma.  

Method with step by step pictures :

• In a wide bowl add the millet flakes and wash it nicely with water. 
• Drain the water completely.

• Add little salt, sugar, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp cumin powder to this washed millet flakes and mix well.
• Keep this aside, always keep covered. 

• Chop the onions finely. I love my poha upma with lots of onions, so i added 2 onions.
• Chop the carrots into small. And thaw the frozen peas. 
• In a pan add oil and add  the mustard seeds. 
• When it splutters add the peanuts and add the onions. 
• Saute it till the onions turn translucent. 

• Add the red chili powder, 1/2 tsp cumin powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and salt.
• If you like to garam masala add 1/2 tsp at this stage.
• Mix well and add the carrots and peas.
• Cook this for 5 minutes. Be careful not to burnt it. Control the heat. 

• Now add the millet flakes which we kept aside. 
• Mix well so that the masalas and the veggies get mixed with the millet flakes.
• Let this cook for 3-4 mins in low flame.

• Put the flame to low and add the lemon juice. 
• Mix well.
• Cook for a minute and switch off the flame. 

• Transfer to a serving bowl and add the chopped coriander leaves, coconut and sev to this millet flakes upma. 
• Serve immediately.
• This millet flakes upma tastes nice when served hot. 

Notes:

1. No need to soak the millet flakes in water for sometime. Wash and drain the water and the waiting time to cook the onions and other things is more than enough.
2. I used little millet flakes| samai aval, you can use barnyard millet aval or thinal aval or kambu aval too. 
3. You can make the upma in the batata poha upma style.
4. Pomegranate seeds can also be added in the last to the millet flakes upma.