Breakfast and Dinner Recipes

Millet flakes upma recipe, Kodo millet flakes upma

Kodo millet flakes upma/ Millet flakes upma is a delicious, healthy and super quick to make breakfast that can be prepared with basic ingredients in just 10 minutes. Yes just 10 minutes you need to prepare and cook. Unbelievable right? Millet flakes are kind of regular poha but much healthier, thinner and light in look and taste.

Thank you Telugu foods this flakes has been wonderful addition to our breakfast and it tastes great whether it is savory or sweet. Talking about sweet I have already posted a recipe with this flakes a breakfast porridge recipe like this MILLET FLAKES PORRIDGE. If you find this magic ingredient at store don’t forget to get your hands on it and try. Earlier I had posted some quick recipes like these:


So let’s get to the making!!

Some interesting recipes with variety of millets:

PREP TIME COOK TIME TOTAL TIME SERVES
5 min 5 min 10 min 2

Ingredients

  • Kodo millet flakes – 2 cups
  • Onion – 1 (small sized, finely chopped)
  • Green chilli – 2
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
  • Salt – to taste

TO TEMPER

  • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
  • Urad dal – 1 tsp
  • Chana dal – ½ tsp
  • Peanuts – 1 tbsp
  • Dry red chilli – 1
  • Cumin seeds/ Jeera – ¼ tsp
  • Curry leaves – a sprig
  • Oil – 2 tsp
  • Hing – few pinches

Note

* 1 cup = 235 ml

How to make Kodo millet flakes upma with step by step images


  1. Wash kodo millet flakes and keep It aside. Chop onions and green chili and set it aside.
  2. Heat oil in a pan/ kadai to it add cumin seeds after it crackles add mustard seeds when they splutter add urad dal, channa dal, peanuts, red chili and saute till golden brown. Make sure not to burn the dal. When dals turn brown add hing, curry leaves, chopped onions and green chili to it and saute until onion turns slightly brown then add turmeric to it and give it a quick stir.
  3. Now add rinsed millet flakes along with salt and give it gentle stir and you will notice the flakes getting cooked while stirring. In almost 30 seconds the flakes will be completely cooked. Put off the flame and serve it Immediately with a sprinkle of sev.

Sandhya Riyaz

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