RICE UPMA(ARISI UPMA)

Actually we would have tasted rava upma, semiya upma and other stuffs. First time I have heard about the rice upma. I have never tried such a delicious upma. And even the recipe is quite easy and fast. When we have cold, the rice upma helps a lot because this contains a crushed black pepper.

PREP TIME: 25 mins

COOK TIME: 15 mins

SERVING SIZE: 2 person

INGREDIENTS:

Bengal gram (kadalai paruppu) -  1 tablespoon

Mustard seeds – 1 tablespoon

Urad dal – 1 tablespoon

Black pepper ( milagu)- 1 tablespoon

Cumin seeds ( jeeragam)- 1 tablespoon

Red gram ( thuvaram parupu) – 2 tablespoon (optional)

Grated coconut – 1 tablespoon (optional)

Red chillies – 1 (optional)

White rice( do not soak)  – 1 cup

Water – 2 cups

Salt – 1 tablespoon

Chopped Onion - 1

PREPARATION:

Add the rice  and red gram in a mixie and powder it without adding water.

And now grind the black pepper and cumin seeds together and keep it aside. At the same time pour two cups of water into a vessel and boil it. These are some of the things to prepare before cooking.( do not use already crushed pepper or jeera powder) .And also make ready with the chopped onions.

1.      Heat oil in a kadai. Add mustard seeds. Once it splutters add urad dal.

2.   Now add the Bengal gram. Once it gets roated add the coconut and red chillies. After 2 mins add the onions and let it turn golden brown.

                            

3.     The next step is add the powdered rice mixture and also the powdered pepper and cumin seeds.

                          

   

      4.   Now mix it well and roast it for 5 minutes. Make sure the mixture do not get burn.

      Now add the mixture to the boiling water along with a salt.

5.   Now pressure cook it upto 3 whistles. The upma is good to serve.

 This upma will be good for kids lunch. You can either eat it alone or with a dip of cutney, sambar, suger. I loved this upma a lot than the others. Hope you guys will like it.

THINGS TO KNOW:

1.       You can adjust your water size according to your cup size

2.       Upma will be really soft if you use the raw ponni rice.

3.       Do not add too much of water