North Indian
Vermicelli Upma (Seviyan)
Vermicelli Upma (Seviyan) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 cups roasted vermicelli (seviyan)
- 1 onion
- 1 carrot
- 1/2 cup green peas
- 2 green chilies
- 10 curry leaves
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1/4 cup cashews
- 3 tbsp neutral oil
- 2.5 cups water
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 3/4 tsp salt
How to cook it
- If the vermicelli is not pre-roasted, dry roast it until golden, then set it aside.
- Heat the oil in a pan and let the mustard seeds pop, then fry the urad dal and cashews until golden.
- Add the curry leaves, green chilies, onion, carrot, and peas and cook until softened.
- Pour in the water with the salt, bring to a boil, then stir in the vermicelli.
- Cover and cook on low until the water is absorbed and the vermicelli is tender, about 5 minutes, then fluff, add cilantro, and serve.
Serve it with
A North Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Vermicelli Upma (Seviyan), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Vermicelli Upma (Seviyan) carries tree nuts and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | Yes | Masala Omelette |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Masala Omelette |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, and Nuts and seeds
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Vermicelli Upma (Seviyan) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on vermicelli, carrot, and cashew.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from North India, South India, West India, East India, and Northeast India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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