Upmaa Recipe โ เคเคชเคฎเคพ: is a famous South Indian dish. In some areas, people also call it Uppuma or Uppittu. You can make it with dry-roasted rava (เคธเฅเคเฅ) or coarse rice (เคเคพเคตเคฒ). This recipe uses rava (เคธเฅเคเฅ); Iโll share the coarse rice Upmaa recipe another time when I learn to make itโฆ ๐
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Upmaa
Course: BreakfastCuisine: Indian3
servings10
minutes25
minutes192
kcal35
minutesThis South Indian famous Upmaa is made up by dry roasted rava (เคธเฅเคเฅ) or coarse rice (เคเคพเคตเคฒ). Can have as a breakfast to kick start your day.
Ingredients
Rava/Semolina (เคธเฅเคเฅ)ย –ย ยพ cup
Bengal Gram Spilt (เคเคจเคพ เคฆเคพเคฒ)ย –ย 1 tsp.
Black Gram Skinned (เคงเฅเคฒเคฟ เคเคฐเคฆ)ย –ย 1 tsp.
Curry Leaves (เคเคฐเฅ เคชเคคเฅเคคเฅ)ย –ย ย 1-2 sprigs (เคเคนเคจเคฟเคฏเคพเค)
Coriander (เคนเคฐเคพ เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) leavesย –ย 2 tbsp.
Ginger (เค เคฆเคฐเค)ย –ย 1 inch
Green Chili (เคนเคฐเฅ เคฎเคฟเคฐเฅเค)ย –ย 2
Onion (เคชเฅเคฏเคพเค)ย –ย 1 medium
Tomatoes (เคเคฎเคพเคเคฐ)ย –ย 1 large
Carrot (เคเคพเคเคฐ)ย –ย 1 small
Green Peas (เคฎเคเคฐ)ย –ย 2 tbsp.
Capsicum (เคถเคฟเคฎเคฒเคพ เคฎเคฟเคฐเฅเค)ย –ย 3 tbsp.
Lemon Juice (เคจเฅเคเคฌเฅ เคเคพ เคฐเคธ)ย –ย 1 tsp.
Mustard (เคธเคฐเคธเฅเค) Seedsย –ย ยผ tsp.
Asafoetida (เคนเฅเคเค)ย –ย 1 pinch
Cashew Nuts (เคเคพเคเฅ)ย –ย 5-6
Oilย –ย 2 tbsp.
Ghee (เคเฅ)ย –ย 1 tbsp.
Hot Water (เคเคฐเฅเคฎ เคชเคพเคจเฅ)ย –ย 2 ยผ cups
Salt as per taste.
Directions
- Chop onion (เคชเฅเคฏเคพเค), green chili (เคนเคฐเฅ เคฎเคฟเคฐเฅเค), carrot (เคเคพเคเคฐ), capsicum (เคถเคฟเคฎเคฒเคพ เคฎเคฟเคฐเฅเค), tomatoes (เคเคฎเคพเคเคฐ) and coriander (เคนเคฐเคพ เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) leaves. Grate ginger (เค เคฆเคฐเค) and fry cashew nuts (เคเคพเคเฅ). Keep aside all things separately.
- Heat ghee (เคเฅ) in a heavy base pan and add rava (เคธเฅเคเฅ) on it. Roast it with continue stirring until turns little brown. Keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pan; add mustard (เคธเคฐเคธเฅเค) seeds, when they start crackling add bengal gram spilt (เคเคจเคพ เคฆเคพเคฒ), black gram skinned (เคงเฅเคฒเคฟ เคเคฐเคฆ), curry leaves (เคเคฐเฅ เคชเคคเฅเคคเฅ) and asafoetida (เคนเฅเคเค). Cook until lentils (เคฆเคพเคฒ) turn little brown.
- Now add chopped onion (เคชเฅเคฏเคพเค), green chili (เคนเคฐเฅ เคฎเคฟเคฐเฅเค) and grated ginger (เค เคฆเคฐเค); sautรฉ till onion (เคชเฅเคฏเคพเค) translucent.
- After that add chopped carrot (เคเคพเคเคฐ), capsicum (เคถเคฟเคฎเคฒเคพ เคฎเคฟเคฐเฅเค), tomatoes (เคเคฎเคพเคเคฐ), Green peas (เคฎเคเคฐ) and salt as per taste. Mix well and sautรฉ for 2-3 minutes.
- Add hot water and cook for more 2 minutes.
- Add roasted rava (เคธเฅเคเฅ) over this mixture and stir continuously for 1-2 minutes to avoid lumps.
- Cook cover on low heat until mixture turns thicker. Keep stirring often, so that the rava (เคธเฅเคเฅ) don’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
- Remove from the heat and remove cover and leave it for 10 minutes.
- Add fried cashew nuts (เคเคพเคเฅ) and chopped coriander (เคนเคฐเคพ เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) leaves; mix well and sever hot.
Notes
- Roast rava (เคธเฅเคเฅ) properly over low flame until turns light brown otherwise it will turn sticky after cooking.
- You can also use steamed vegetables for healthy cooking.
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