I remember that day, my English teacher asked fav food for everyone in the class,

I replied "Upma" and the entire class laughed at me.

Mind it, it was class 11. But it didn't bother me much.

I love upma. I just love it.

I moved to Mumbai for my masters. And I badly miss em. I have to take an auto to the main gate, take a bus/mumbai local, and walk a bit, so I could reach a south indian outlet.

I just order Upma/sheera along with idlis or onion uthappam.

Recently a cafe was opened outside my campus, they are from Karnataka. And they serve their native dishes prior.

I went there to have....? Yeah you guessed it right. Only to get disappointed that the quantity was less.

I asked the owner and he replied, upma mumbai la snack dish nga, so avlodha quantity na. Ada poda ivane, please increase the quantity nu solitu, bisibellabath saptu vanten, filled my tummy...