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Thinai Upma Recipe | Foxtail Millet Upma Recipe

Thinai upma or Millet upma recipe with step by step pictures. Foxtail Millet upma made using millets, vegetables, onions and spices.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Breakfast Recipe
Cuisine Indian, South Indian
Servings 1 servings

Ingredients
  

  • Thinai / Foxtail Millet - ½ cup
  • Oil - 1 tsp
  • Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - ½ tsp
  • Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - ½ tsp
  • Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - ¼ tsp
  • Curry leaves - 1 sprig
  • Onion - 1 medium size chopped finely
  • Green Chilli - 1 chopped finely
  • Carrot - 1 chopped finely
  • Coconut - ¼ cup grated
  • Water - 2 cups
  • Salt to taste
  • Coriander leaves a handful chopped finely

Instructions
 

  • Heat oil in a pan, Add in mustard, urad dal and cumin seeds, add curry leaves as well and let it splatter.
  • In goes onions, chillies and saute for a min.
  • Add in carrots and cook for couple of mins.
  • Pour in thinai and stir well. Add water, salt and bring it to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 mins till it is cooked.
  • Add coconut and coriander leaves and mix well.
  • Serve.
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