Barley Upma Recipe

for infant elder than 1 year.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Barley whole or broken (I have used whole Barley) 
• 3 Cups water
• 1 teaspoon grated ginger
• 2 green chillies, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup of carrot,diced small
• 1/2 cup of french beans, finely chopped 
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 2 tablespoon peanuts
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 tablespoon half broken white urad dal(Optional)
• String of curry leaves
• salt to taste
• juice of 1 lemon
• a small bunch of chopped coriander leaves
• oil for cooking

• Process 

  1. Heat the oil in a pressure cooker or in a pan on medium heat. Add the mustard seeds and allow it to crackle. Once it crackles add in the split urad dal and peanuts. Saute for a few minutes until the dal gets roasted. 
  2. Once roasted add ginger, green chilies, curry leaves and cook for few seconds.
  3. Add carrots, beans and let it cook for a minute or two stirring in between.
  4. Now add barley. Mix well and cook for few minutes. 
  5. Pour in the 3 cups of water. Stir in the salt and tomatoes and give the mixture a good stir.
  6. Cover the pressure cooker or the pan and allow the upma cook in medium flame till 3 whistles come. If you are cooking it in a pan, then cook until all the water is absorbed stirring occasionally.  
  7. Take the pressure cooker off the heat and let the cooker rest for some time before opening the lid.
  8. Open the lid and add in lemon juice and coriander leaves. Mix well and serve hot.