PULI UPMA USING BROKEN RICE

I learnt this from my MIL. Its a very tasty one pot meal recipe.I usually make it for dinner.I use noi arisi ( broken rice ) to prepare this upma. Its available in all grocery stores. If u don’t get this rice, u can just break the raw rice by running in the mixie once or twice. No side dish is needed. If neede it can be served with chopped onions. It can be made in jiffy.Apt for bachelors and working women!

Puli upma recipe

Puli upma recipe using broken rice/Noi arisi

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Dinner

Serves: Serves 2-3

Prep time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 200ml Broken rice / Noi – 1 cup (If you don;t get broken rice,Grind raw rice in a mixie, just pulse it twice) Tamarind - A big gooseberry size ( soak & extract ) Turmeric powder – A pinch Salt – As needed. Water – 2.5 cups To temper Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Urad dal – 2 tsp Chana dal-1.5 tsp Curry leaves – A few Red chillies – 4 nos ( adjust) Hing / Asafetida – 3 - 4 pinches

METHOD

In a cooker base, add oil and temper the mustard seeds followed by urad & chana dal , pinched red chillies & hing. In a bowl , soak the tamarind in warm water  for 10 mins and take the extract using 2.5 sups of water mentioned above. ( if u take the extract with 1 cup of water, add the remaining 1.5 cups of water as it is.) Then add the tamarind extract to the cooker base and the turmeric powder & required salt. Add a dash of hing again. Add fresh curry leaves too. ( these two items adding at the end gives a spl flavor for this upma ) Now add the washed & drained rice into the cooker. Mix it well & close the lid.Keep it for 10-15 mins or 3 – 4 whistles. Once the steam is released , serve it hot. U can make the same in rice cooker too. For rice cooker,u need to add 3-3.5 cups of water.Enjoy eating hot topped with sesame oil.

Note

If u don’t have broken rice in hand,just grind the raw rice in mixie very coarsely. Run the mixie once or twice to break the rice.Then use as mentioned above. Adjust the quantity of red chillies based on ur spice level. Do not add more water than the mentioned quantity.Upma will become mushy.

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