COCONUT-RICE UPMA

This is a breakfast item mostly eaten in Kannada homes.. very healthy and tastes just yum with coffee in the morning.. light on the stomach as well..

Ingredients :

Raw rice – 1 cup heaped

Salt to taste

Fresh grated coconut – for garnishing

Finely cut coriander leave – for garnishing

For paste :

Fresh grated coconut – 1 and ½ cups

Jaggery – 2 tbsp

Thick tamarind pulp or paste – 3 tsps

Red chillies – 7

For tempering :

Oil – 3 tbsp

Rai – 1 tsp

Urad dal – 1 tsp

Hing – a pinch

Method :

1)     Soak the rice for 3 hours, drain and grind it without adding much water to a coarse paste – it should resemble sooji

2)     In a mixie grind all ingredients under “for paste” and grind to a fine paste without adding much water

3)     Mix the rice and the coconut paste, add salt and adjust spice, it should resemble idli batter

4)     Steam this in a vessel in a cooker for 30-35 mins on high flame

5)     Once cooled, crumble this with your hand, keep aside

6)     In a pan take oil, splutter mustard seeds and urad dal, add hing

7)     Add the crumbled mixture and sauté it in sim flame for 5-10 mins

8)     Garnish with grated coconut and coriander leaves