Cracked Wheat Upma

I am just back from my trip to Puerto Rico. It is an amazing place. Wow the beaches are so relaxing and water so azure. Well it was a great trip but like every vacation I came back with the baggage of excess weight. Now with great difficulty as I am settling back into my routine, I am also figuring out ways to eat right to lose some pounds. So today while scouring my forgotten jars in the cabinet, I came across cracked wheat and whipped up an upma out of it. It turned out to be great tasting. The recipe for it goes as follows-

Ingredients:

• 1-1/2 cups cracked wheat
• 1 large onion chopped
• 1 tomato chopped
• 1 red bell pepper seeded and chopped
• 3 green chillies chopped
• 5-6 curry leaves
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 3 tsp olive oil
• 1-1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 4 cups boiling water

Directions:

• In a pot, take 3 tsp olive oil. Add cumin seeds and let the oil heat.
• When the cumin seeds crackle, add green chillies and curry leaves. Saute well.
• Add onions and saute till translucent.
• Add tomatoes and let it cook till it gets mushy.
• Add red bell peppers and salt. Cook for a minute.
• Add cracked wheat and mix well. Reduce the flame and let it stay on heat for a minute or two, mixing occasionally.
• Add boiling water and lime juice.
• Let the cracked wheat cook till there is almost no water in the mixture, but it should be moist.
• Add pepper and mix.
• Turn off the gas and cover the pot for 5 minutes.
• Serve hot and enjoy.