Upma is one of my favourite dishes and I love it with lots of vegetables. When newly married, hubby used to hate upma and so I make it very rarely. Upma was the reason for our first fight after marriage. he had that much hate for the dish, but slowly as years passed by, he started liking my type of preparation and he even started recommending my recipe among relatives. He says that it is not like the mushy upma they tasted while growing up but has lots of onions and extremely tasty. Sruti started just like her father. If I say upma, she wouldn’t eat it, but recently she has started liking it and have been asking for different types of upmas for breakfast. When I started my diet, I couldn’t make upma as semolina is not a paleo ingredient as it is full of carb. So I had to improvise on the recipe to make it low carb and that is when I made this upma with paneer. As all the other ingredients remain the same, the dish has the upma flavour. During the three days of vegetarian diet, this is what I make for hubby. He has been eating this for months but still he loves it.
Ingredients:
Paneer – 200 gm
Ghee – 1 tbs
Mustard Seeds – 1/2 ts
Curry Leaves – 1-2 sprigs
Green Chillies – 3-4
Salt – to taste
Onion – 1
Carrot – 1 small, grated
Coriander Leaves For Garnish
Procedure:
In a pan heat ghee and add mustard.
When they crackle add in curry leaves and chopped green chillies.
Saute for a minute on low flame.
Add onions and carrot.
Fry for a minute or two on low flame until they turn slightly brown.
Add paneer, salt and cook for a minute or two.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it immediately.
Paneer Upma - Easy Paleo Recipes
Ingredients
- Paneer-200 gm
- Ghee-1 tbs
- Mustard Seeds - 1/2 ts
- Curry Leaves - 1 -2 sprigs
- Green Chillies - 3-4
- Salt - to taste
- Onion - 1
- Carrot - 1 small grated
- Coriander Leaves for garnish
Instructions
- In a pan heat ghee and add mustard.
- When they crackle add in curry leaves and chopped green chillies.
- Saute for a minute on low flame.
- Add onions and carrot.
- Fry for a minute or two on low flame until they turn slightly brown.
- Add paneer, salt and cook for a minute or two.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it immediately.
Gayathri every twist with paneer that you have been making is like a real treat for me.
You should really consider publishing a book with these paneer recipes. Great going Gayathri. Kudos
Wow.. Another delicious paneer recipe.. In fact i started loving paleo food just becoz of you !!
Seriously Gayathri, I am loving your paneer recipes and how you are turning it into regular meals.
Even I am not an Upma fan while the husband loves it. But I will gobble up this paneer version everyday. It looks so delicious and inviting!
Who can ever think of a paneer Upma ? It’s only our dear Gayathri ! Fantastic share .
A different flavored paneer. Loving all the paneer recipes.
Delicious Gayatri. Looking at your different dishes now I am tempted to start dieting.
I never tried paneer for upma recipe.. looks interesting and protein rich recipe.
Fantastic dish Gayathri, not even in my dream i would have thought of making upma in Paneer. Seriously you are fabulous gal.
my upma-tolerating kid has suddenly started protesting no for any kind of upma. with paneer, I might give it a try ! good Choice 🙂
I guess you have tried every rice-based recipe with paneer as the substitute. Nice idea Gayathri. Loved the look of this upma