Instant Pot Pasta Upma | How to make Pasta Upma | South Indian style Pasta

I have been making Pasta Upma for so many years. There is an old post where I used Green Chillies to add spice to the upma. In the below version I have used chilli powder, coriander powder. I have tried Pasta Upma with Sambar Powder and Rasam Powder too 😉 It tastes absolutely delicious. When you are bored of the regular cheesy pasta versions then try this. Am sure you won’t regret it. You can use any variety of pasta. Be it Fusilli, Macroni,Penne etc. The cooking time might vary based on your preference.

If you are using Instant Pot I would suggest you to go with 10 minutes in ‘Pressure Cook’ mode first and later increase or decrease based on the output. Another advantage of using IP is that you need just a teaspoon of oil to prepare this dish. Since we are adding loads of veggies it is such a wholesome option for both lunch or dinner. The following measurement serves two.

The below pic where I prepared Pasta Upma using Sambar Powder. Also I used more than two teaspoons of Oil hence that glossy look 🙂

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Instant Pot Pasta Upma

Healthy and quick Pasta dish that can be prepared in Instant Pot within 15 minutes. The recipe can be modified based on your preferences. I have used whatever the vegetables that were available with me that day.

Course

lunch or dinner, Main Dish

Cuisine

indian

Cook Time

10 minutes

Passive Time

5 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups Fusilli Pasta
• 1 onion
• 2 Tomatoes
• 1 carrot
• 1/4 Casicum
• 5 Beans
• 1/2 cup Frozen Peas
• 1/2 tsp ginger pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon Hing/Asafoetida
• 1 teaspoon Chilli Powder
• 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon Oil
• 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
• 1 teaspoon urad dal
• 1 teaspoon Channa Dal

Course lunch or dinner, Main Dish Cuisine indian Cook Time 10 minutes Passive Time 5 minutes Servings people Ingredients 1.5 cups Fusilli Pasta 1 onion 2 Tomatoes 1 carrot 1/4 Casicum 5 Beans 1/2 cup Frozen Peas 1/2 tsp ginger pieces 1/2 teaspoon Hing/Asafoetida 1 teaspoon Chilli Powder 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon Oil 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds 1 teaspoon urad dal 1 teaspoon Channa Dal

Instructions

1. Wash and Chop all the vegetables

   
2. Turn 'Saute' mode in Instant Pot
3. Add oil and once they are slightly hot start adding Mustard seeds, Urad dal and Channa Dal
4. Let them splutter. Add the chopped veggies. Saute for a minute

   
5. Add salt, turmeric,hing, chilli powder and coriander powder

   
6. Then add the pasta of your choice. I have used Fusilli here. Approximately 1.5 cups of Dry Pasta
7. You can add any other variety of your choice
8. Mix everything together

   
9. Add 1.25 cups of Water and the frozen peas

   
10. Again mix everything together
11. Turn off 'Saute' mode and turn on 'Pressure Cook' mode
12. Set it in 'High' and let the 'Keep warm' button be turned on
13. Set the timer for 10 minutes.
14. Once the timer is off wait for 5 minutes and then manually release pressure. The pasta will look something like this. Adjust salt and mix everything well

    
15. If there is water remaining in the pot then turn on 'Saute' mode again and stir until the water evaporates
16. If there is no water then you don't have to turn on Saute mode. Just serve Pasta Upma as it is

    
17. Adjust salt and if you have fresh corinader leaves you can garnish it before serving 🙂

Preparing Pasta without Instant Pot

1. Boil water in a large vessel and add a pinch of salt, 1/2 tsp Oil. Add 1.5 cups of Pasta of your choice
2. Let it boil in medium flame for 10-15 minutes until Pasta is cooked
3. In the meantime saute the veggies like how we usually do for Semiya and Semolina Upma
4. Heat oil. Add mustard seeds, urad & channa dal. Once they splutter add the veggies, salt & spice powders
5. Sprinkle 1/4 cup water and close the pan. Let it get cooked for 4-5 minutes
6. Now add the cooked pasta to this veggie mixture. Mix everything well. You can also add Garam Masala or MDH kitchen king masala if you like
7. The Pasta Upma pic was prepared without IP. I used Butterfly shaped pasta for this.

   

Recipe Notes