SOUTH INDIAN - Summer 2024 (Jul-Sept) Cuisine of the Quarter

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SEMIYAN (VERMICELLI) UPMA

Upma / uppuma is a common and popular breakfast most often made from rava / cream of wheat.

I first encountered the noodle version in Hyderabad.

Today’s version was very similar to that first one — onions, tomatoes, ginger, curry leaves, cashews.

I’ve made this before with other vegetables added. Cabbage works well.

ASIAN NOODLES - Summer 2023 (Jul-Sept) Dish of the Quarter

Two kinds of Asian Noodles today: Sev Upma / South Indian Savory Vermicelli Breakfast and/or afternoon snack. Broken wheat vermicelli, toasted first, then cooked with aromatics, spices, and vegetables. Today I used cabbage, red onion, and carrot, along with a tempering of cumin seeds, mustard seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves, and green chillies. Here is a recipe pretty close to what I made. . [image] . VIetnamese Curry Noodle Soup Today’s rendition of this started with leftover red curr…