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Chettinad Style Tomato Vermicelli Upma Recipe
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Chettinad Style Tomato Vermicelli Upma Recipe

A vegetarian Chettinad recipe with semiya (vermicelli) - roasted, pearl onions (sambar onions) - finely chopped, cloves garlic - finely chopped. Ready in 25 min, serves 4.

Curated byRamesh Kumar🇮🇳

25 minTotal Time5m prep · 20m cook
4Servings
425-575Est. Cost
HardDifficulty
Directions9 steps
  1. 1

    To begin making the Chettinad Style Tomato Vermicelli Recipe, heat a pan with cooking oil on medium heat, add the mustard seeds, cinnamon stick, cloves, curry leaves and let it splutter

    cloves garlic - finely chopped(4)mint leaves (pudina) - finely chopped(1/4 cup)fennel seeds (saunf) - coarsely pounded(1 teaspoon)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon)inch cinnamon stick (dalchini)(1)cloves (laung)(2)sprig curry leaves(1)
  2. 2

    Stir in the onions, ginger and garlic and saute for a couple of minutes

    pearl onions (sambar onions) - finely chopped(1)cloves garlic - finely chopped(4)inch ginger - finely chopped(1)
  3. 3

    Once the onions soften, add the tomatoes and saute for a few seconds

    pearl onions (sambar onions) - finely chopped(1)tomatoes - roughly chopped(3)
  4. 4

    Add the fennel seeds, black pepper corns, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and cook until it all combined together

    fennel seeds (saunf) - coarsely pounded(1 teaspoon)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon)whole black peppercorns - coarsely pounded(1 teaspoon)red chilli powder(1 teaspoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1/2 teaspoon)
  5. 5

    Stir in the mint leaves, semiya, salt and 1 1/2 cups of water

    semiya (vermicelli) - roasted(1 cup)mint leaves (pudina) - finely chopped(1/4 cup)sprig curry leaves(1)salt - to taste
  6. 6

    Cover the pan and allow the Chettinad Style Tomato Vermicelli to cook on low to medium heat until all the water is absorbed and the semiya upma is cooked

    semiya (vermicelli) - roasted(1 cup)
  7. 7

    Once done, turn off the heat, stir in the lemon juice and gently mix everything together

    lemon juice(1 tablespoon)
  8. 8

    Serve the Chettinad Style Tomato Vermicelli along Tomato Onion Chutney, Coconut Coriander Chutney and Sliced bananas

  9. 9

    End the south indian breakfast along with a hot cup of Espresso coffee

Nutrition Facts

Per serving

173 kcal
Protein2.5g
Carbs10g
Fat14g
Fiber2.8g

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