North Indian
Vermicelli Upma (Seviyan)
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Vermicelli Upma (Seviyan) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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If the vermicelli is not pre-roasted, dry roast it until golden, then set it aside.
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Heat the oil in a pan and let the mustard seeds pop, then fry the urad dal and cashews until golden.
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Add the curry leaves, green chilies, onion, carrot, and peas and cook until softened.
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Pour in the water with the salt, bring to a boil, then stir in the vermicelli.
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Cover and cook on low until the water is absorbed and the vermicelli is tender, about 5 minutes, then fluff, add cilantro, and serve.
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Serve it with
A North Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Vermicelli Upma (Seviyan), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Vermicelli Upma (Seviyan) carries tree nuts and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | Yes | Aloo Paratha (Potato Stuffed Flatbread) |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 340 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 44 g
- Fat
- 15 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Vermicelli Upma (Seviyan) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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