Cooking for Beginners/Dummies- Indian style

Hi all, I normally hate evening times, primarily because I'm hungry and in sudden need of food . Normally my In laws have tea with bakery items like biscuits, rusk, farzan like mixtures etc. I come from a background where we don't like those type of food, also I personally don't have tea, so I end up feeling hungry and hell and end up starving cos I'm too lazy to make food for myself. This vermicelli Upma is however a very quick recipe and feels as good as eating instant Maggi. The only work is chopping an onion . Most people nowadays have chilly ginger and garlic already in a ready to use paste form. This is very convenient for busy people like me who want food quickly and can't wait. Let's see how it's done.. Vermicelli Upma Ingredients 1. Roasted vermicelli/semiya- 1 cup or 250 grams 2.onion- 1 small sliced thinly 3. Tomato -1 small (optional ) 4. Ginger and green chillies - 1 teaspoon (either chopped thinly or in paste form) 5. Mustard se

Hi all Apologies for the delay in writing new posts, but it was navaratri last month, one of my favourite festivals from childhood. I got too busy with it, mostly did a lot of new recipes, some of them a hit, some mediocre . I'm writing several posts now, litrelly a whole article on how we celebrate Navaratri and other recipes, just that they are halfway complete. My laptop fudged up and is now in the service centre for motherboard component change (pretty expensive), so all these things through the mobile which is very tacky. So here is a list of posts you can look out for. I may not be able to get it to look very pretty but I'll tidy up once I get my laptop back. 1. How is Navratri celebrated by south Indians.  (Mumbai based malayali's account) 2. Shezwan Chilly paneer (with Chings secret chutney) 3. The art of making sundals 4. Sabudana payasam 5. Semiya badam payasam 6. Oats carrot Upma 7. Tomato rice / pulav 8. Easy Mozzarella cheese mini samosas 9. Basi