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Hari Om! My name is Hemmati, and I come from Zagreb, Croatia. We are here at the VEP International Yoga & Daily Life Seminar, and today we will cook a dish called Upma. Hari Om svima! We will begin slowly. Here we have all the ingredients for this very simple dish, which will be ready in about ten minutes. Before this recording, I dry-roasted the semolina in a dry pot. It is very beneficial to roast the semolina first, as it becomes lighter and easier to digest. This makes the meal very good for breakfast. Now, we will first add ghee. You could use olive oil or another domestic oil, but I am using ghee. Ghee is very beneficial when made from domestic butter, which you can prepare at home. Ghee greatly improves the entire body, helps create more bodily tissues, and is very beneficial for our brain, supporting good memory. I use it because it nourishes all the cells and is good for health. We will fry the ingredients in this ghee, starting with some young onions. This quantity is for one person. To the onions, we will add some finely and nicely chopped carrots, cut into small pieces as you can see. Next, we will add some kohlrabi—this vegetable here, in case you are unfamiliar with it. We will also add some chopped bell pepper. Let's mix it all. Now, we will prepare the powdered spices. I will put a little water in a bowl and mix all the spice powders into it. We will use Himalayan salt, jīrā powder, dāliyā powder, coriander powder, and of course, a little haldī (turmeric) and a little chili. We mix it all well in the water. So, these are all the powdered spices mixed in water: turmeric, cumin powder, coriander powder, and Himalayan salt. We will now add the roasted semolina to the pan. We can fry everything for another minute or two so the vegetables soften further. I have water boiling here separately. Now, after stirring the semolina and vegetables nicely, we slowly add only the boiling water, stirring continuously as we pour. As a final touch, we can add some more tomatoes. You can see how everything becomes compact. If you prefer a softer version, you can add a little more water. This makes a nice, light breakfast or a light dinner. It is really done very quickly, requiring no extra preparation time. You can choose whichever vegetables you like, or you can even fry only the spices and then add the semolina, which is also a good combination. It is done. We can add some more chopped fresh coriander on top and also some lemon juice. Lemon juice is very useful as it enhances the flavor of the food. Okay, this is it, prepared as described. This is our dinner. So, here is our upma, some freshly chopped vegetables as a salad, and some nice, tasty yogurt. This is our meal: upma, a chopped vegetable salad, and yogurt. Enjoy! Have a good day! We'll see you from the VEP International Yoga and Daily Life seminar. Hari Om!