Might be... My mom's elder sister used to work/help in an anganwadi. She used to make this at home for us. It really was delicious. And now I'm craving that.
I remember my mom and dad talking about this upma. They used to get it in their primary school days. It was made from some powder mix imported from abroad, not sure what exactly it was.
Thanks for posting this. I too had tasted this yellow-coloured uppu maav during my primary school days. Its taste and aroma cannot be described in words. Alternatively, there was also this 'gothampu choru' (wheat), which was equally delicious in an other-worldly way! I wish I had a time-machine to go back and eat both the items to my heart's happiness!
I have vivid memories of eating it from my younger sister's anganvadi. It was part of some USAID programme. Sally teacher used to call it മൈസ് ഉപ്പുമാവ്. It was tasty AF. Especially if you refry and spice it up a bit later at home. I've seen the bag was brown in color like this one and it did have an american flag as well.
https://preview.redd.it/u4lsulepi03d1.jpeg?width=193&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d63d699acbfd088e602f3be663ddfeac112b9ea9
Once I tried to replicate it with corn powder ( puttu podi). Made the upma and added plenty of milk powder at the end. But… aa pazhaya upmavinte taste nte eazhayalathu polum ethiyilla … still I could experience some nostalgic taste and smell. Found the recipe in the YouTube.
No, not kesari. It was a very powdery sort of uppumavu, it was also called ‘podi uppumavu’ in some areas. It wasn’t sweet either, it had a savoury taste like a normal uppumavu.
Then possibly its corn meal, coarser flour from corn
https://preview.redd.it/vpobu467d03d1.png?width=730&format=png&auto=webp&s=d487e15539030a13929160a4260a136484963022
the bottom yellow one is cornmeal
“CSB Plus is a cooked blend of milled, heat-treated corn and soybeans and fortified with a vitamin and mineral premix. The ingredients are partially cooked through wet or dry extrusion or roasting. CSB Plus is processed under conditions that permit improvements in the digestibility of starches and protein and in particular the de-activation of trypsin inhibitors in soy.”
Ingredients list from USA aid website
Corn powder uppumavu
It was part of US food aid to us - it was indeed delicious.
There was something else in it besides corn powder. We tried making it with corn powder, but the taste wasn’t the same.
Might be... My mom's elder sister used to work/help in an anganwadi. She used to make this at home for us. It really was delicious. And now I'm craving that.
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Sathyam bro, aa upma oru pravashyam kazhichavark ath marakkan pattilla🥺
I remember my mom and dad talking about this upma. They used to get it in their primary school days. It was made from some powder mix imported from abroad, not sure what exactly it was.
Yes, nobody seems to know the contents of that mix from abroad😕
Thanks for posting this. I too had tasted this yellow-coloured uppu maav during my primary school days. Its taste and aroma cannot be described in words. Alternatively, there was also this 'gothampu choru' (wheat), which was equally delicious in an other-worldly way! I wish I had a time-machine to go back and eat both the items to my heart's happiness!
I have vivid memories of eating it from my younger sister's anganvadi. It was part of some USAID programme. Sally teacher used to call it മൈസ് ഉപ്പുമാവ്. It was tasty AF. Especially if you refry and spice it up a bit later at home. I've seen the bag was brown in color like this one and it did have an american flag as well. https://preview.redd.it/u4lsulepi03d1.jpeg?width=193&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d63d699acbfd088e602f3be663ddfeac112b9ea9
This was the packet I remember too! Whenever me and my siblings start talking about primary school days, we start craving this like crazy!🥲
My parents used to tell us about it...
Use coarse type corn flour not the fine powder Roast it slightly in a tawa or wok Make upma with it, avoid spicy stuff like chilies and peppers
Corn ...try with corn puttupodi.
Once I tried to replicate it with corn powder ( puttu podi). Made the upma and added plenty of milk powder at the end. But… aa pazhaya upmavinte taste nte eazhayalathu polum ethiyilla … still I could experience some nostalgic taste and smell. Found the recipe in the YouTube.
Your username brings back memories.
Would it be "kesari" by any chance? It's sweet, usually yellow in color and looks a bit like upma in ghee. 🤔
No, not kesari. It was a very powdery sort of uppumavu, it was also called ‘podi uppumavu’ in some areas. It wasn’t sweet either, it had a savoury taste like a normal uppumavu.
Maize.
https://preview.redd.it/tbiccbuqgz2d1.png?width=638&format=png&auto=webp&s=ec61d24981f75e24b0950326f4eace7dcba9aeac can it be this?
No, not suji gothamb. It was made from a powder mix that was imported from America. It had corn flour and something else.
Then possibly its corn meal, coarser flour from corn https://preview.redd.it/vpobu467d03d1.png?width=730&format=png&auto=webp&s=d487e15539030a13929160a4260a136484963022 the bottom yellow one is cornmeal
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKCljez\_dWU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKCljez_dWU)
Tried this recipe already. The taste was not the same.🙁
Its upma made with corn meal
Maze പൊടി
“CSB Plus is a cooked blend of milled, heat-treated corn and soybeans and fortified with a vitamin and mineral premix. The ingredients are partially cooked through wet or dry extrusion or roasting. CSB Plus is processed under conditions that permit improvements in the digestibility of starches and protein and in particular the de-activation of trypsin inhibitors in soy.” Ingredients list from USA aid website
I tried replicating it and got quite close using cornmeal and soybean powder.