About up.ma
up.ma is a small, independent website dedicated to one dish: upma, the warm semolina breakfast loved across South India and beyond.
We started it because a dish this popular deserves one clear, friendly home on the web. Here you'll find step-by-step recipes for classic rava upma and its many variations, a guide to fixing common upma problems, and a look at the dish's history and regional names.
Every recipe is written to be easy to follow, with simple ingredients and clear quantities. The site is available in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Arabic, so more people can cook upma in their own language.
We also love seeing your cooking. In our community, readers share photos of the upma they made, rate the recipes and swap tips. Every post is reviewed before it appears, to keep the community friendly and useful.
Have a question, a correction or a family recipe you'd like to see here? We'd love to hear from you on our contact page.