Aval Uppma

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Its a warm and cozy welcome from Tints of Sugar N Spice... Hope you all are having a very warm and sweaty summer... Its been nice meeting you all through this blog... Its going to be a platform for me where i am usually gonna post various kinds of recipes on India, especially from the South India and no wonder you can bet over the recipe as its fully prepared and experimented by me each and every single time before posting it... So once i stay alive and post the recipe over this blog then you can sure believe over the food and try it out yourself... 

Aval is the Tamil name for the beaten rice. This is also called as Poha. Aval has various nutritious benefits such as Fight Off Symptoms of Stress, and Improve Digestion and are non-FDA reviewed or approved, natural alternatives, to use for , Poor Digestion, and Weakened Immune System. Making a recipe with Aval is one of the simplest way of reducing your time with no less than a healthy breakfast and i bet that your kids would sure love it :) 

Ingredients:

• Aval – 200gms
• Big Onion – 1 (Chopped lengthy)
• Red chillies – 2 medium sized
• Cumin seeds – A little to temper
• Curry leaves – A little to temper
• Coriander leaves – To garnish
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tspn
• Salt – To taste

Aval Uppma

Method:

• Take aval and soak it in water filled cup for 3 minutes. Do not leave for a long time as it becomes mushy.
• Drain the water from the aval and keep it aside.
• Take a pan and add 2 tspn of oil. Once the oil is heated add the cumin seeds and wait until it splatters.
• Once the cumin seeds splattered, add the red chillies, curry leaves and the chopped onions and sauté until the onion turns brown.
• After that add the aval to the pan and sauté for 2 minutes in low flame.
• Add the turmeric powder and salt to the aval and sauté for 2 more minutes.
• Once it’s done off the flame and add the coriander leaves and serve it hot with pickle.

(Note: You can also add vegetable like carrot, beans and peas if you like as it adds nutrition to your food. But to keep it simple I haven’t added any)