Cornmeal Mush/ Cornmeal Upma

I saw the recipe for cornmeal mush on the box for corn meal, and thought it seemed exactly like upma, except that it didn't have the spices. It doesn't exactly taste like upma made with sooji but it's close. I wanted to try the recipe for mexican corn bread which was also on the box, but this seemed faster for a quick breakfast and went with this.




Ingredients:

Cornmeal - 1 cup
Onion, chopped, small -1
Green chilies, chopped -2
Ginger, chopped -1tbsp
Peas - 1/4 cup
Salt -1/2 tbsp

Oil - 1-2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Chana dal - 1tsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Water - 1 cup+ 3 cups

Preparation:

1. Soak cornmeal in 1 cup water and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a saucepan. Add curry leaves, mustard seeds, urad dal and chana dal. Saute for a couple of minutes until the dals are browned.
3. Add onion, green chilies, ginger. Saute until the onions turn translucent. Add peas.
   
4. Add 3 cups of water and salt. Bring to a boil.
   
5. Add cornmeal slowly with constant stirring to prevent any lumps from being formed. Cover and cook on low to medium heat until the cornmeal is cooked, with frequent stirring. Serve with chutney, sugar or as is.