Little Millet Upma Recipe | Samai Upma | Millet Recipes | Startup Cooking

LITTLE MILLET UPMA RECIPE | SAMAI UPMA | MILLET RECIPES | STARTUP COOKING

Samai also called as little millet in English, is one of the healthy millet variety. Millets are always special among all other grains as they are nutritious, gluten free and non-sticky. For those who are health conscious, expert suggests that millets should be a part of their regular diet. 

Little millet packed with the goodness of B-vitamins, minerals like calcium, iron, zinc and potassium. Little millets can provide essential nutrients, which further help in weight loss. It is a part of many traditional dishes in South India. It has high fibre content makes it a healthy replacement for rice. 

Using little millet, we can make lots of recipes, samai idli, samai dosa, samai pongal, samai upma, samai kichadi, etc., Recently I tried to make puma using little millet for dinner and it was a super hit too. Follow my step-by-step photo recipe to prepare Samai (little millet) Upma. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

RECIPE FOR LITTLE MILLET UPMA

Coarse       : Main - Breakfast/Dinner

Cuisine      : South Indian

Author       : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time  : 15 min

Cook Time : 20 min

Total Time  : 35 min

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup little millet (samai)

• 2 tbsp oil

• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds

• 1/2 tsp urad dal

• 1/8 tsp hing (asafoetida)

• 1 spring curry leaves

• 1 tsp ginger - chopped

• 2 green chili - slitted

• 1 onion - medium size - thinly sliced

• salt to taste

• 1.5 cup water

PROCEDURE

• wash the samai and soak it in water for 15 minutes

• heat oil in a pan

• add mustard seeds, allow to crackle

• add urad dal, saute well, allow to change the color

• add hing and curry leaves, allow the leaves to turn crisp

• add green chillies and chopped ginger, saute for few seconds

• add thinly sliced onion

• saute in medium flame till the onions turn pink

• add soaked samai

• mix well

• add 1.5 cup water

• add salt

• mix well

• cover with lid and cook on low flame, till it gets completely cooked (for me it takes 12 minutes)

• fluff it up with fork

• serve hot with sugar, pickle or any chutney of your choice

• Enjoy 😊 

SAMAI UPMA RECIPE WITH STEP-BY-STEP PHOTOS

take 1/2 cup samai

wash well and soak in water for 15 minutes

soaked samai

heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and allow to crackle

add urad dal and change the color, add hing

add curry leaves and allow to turn crisp

add chopped ginger and green chillies

add thinly sliced onion

saute well in medium flame till the onions turn pink

add soaked samai

mix well

add 1.5 cup water and salt

mix well

cover and cook in medium flame

stir once, cover and cook again in medium flame, till it gets completely cooked

samai upma ready

fluff up with a fork

serve hot with sugar, pickle or chutney of your choice