Cream of wheat bowl
Ingredients:
- 1 cup cream of wheat
- 2 cups boiling water
- Half onion chopped
- 1 small tomato chopped
- 1 small serrano pepper cut in two pieces
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger
- Half cup grated carrots
- Half teaspoon cumin seeds
- Half teaspoon mustard seeds
- Half teaspoon split black gram
- Half teaspoon turmeric
- 8 curry leaves
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon butter
- Cilantro chopped
- 1 lemon
- Heat olive oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, split black gram and cumin until they splutter in the oil for about 45 seconds
- Add the onions to the oil and cook till they are translucent. Add ginger, green chillies, tomatoes, curry leaves and fry well till the tomato is soft.
- Now add the cream of wheat and fry on low flame for about 2 minutes. Add the turmeric, carrots and 2 cups of boiling water and mix well on medium flame till all the water is absorbed.
- Cover and cook on low for few minutes. Add a teaspoon of butter, turn off flame and leave it covered for another 5 minutes.
- Garnish with cilantro and squeeze some lime before serving.