Upma Tomato Bath

Difficulty Rating 2 (Special Ingredients needed)

2 cups Sooji (cream of wheat)
4 tomatoes - finely chopped (about 2 cups)
6 green chilies - finely chopped (optional)
1 small red onion - finely chopped
1 inch ginger - grated
¼ cup fresh green peas (optional)
¼ cup charoli nuts (or your choice) (optional)

Seasoning:
1 tablespoon oil or ghee
6 fresh curry leaves and a tablespoon of finely chopped fresh cilantro
½ tsp each - urad dal, chana dal, cumin and mustard seeds

1. On medium heat, add and roast semolina/sooji to pale gold color, stirring in-between.
2. In a wide pan, add and heat oil/ghee. Toast the ingredients listed in seasoning in the order mentioned.
3. When mustard seeds start to jump around, add green chillies, onion and ginger. Cook for few minutes until the onions soften.
4. Stir in chopped tomatoes and fresh green peas. Cook until tomatoes become mush.
5. Add about 4 cups of water along with half teaspoon of salt. Cover and bring the water to a boil.
6. Pour in the roasted semolina/sooji at a constant flow/speed, continuously stirring. Take care not to form semolina lumps. Stir, stir and stir.
7. Sprinkle charoli nuts. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until the whole thing comes together to a moist firm mass.
8. Serve hot with coconut/peanut chutney or with a cup of yogurt.