Arisi upma - Biyyam Rava upma - Uppu pindi - Uppindi - Akkithari uppittu

Arisi upma(Biyyam Nooka upma) is a traditional recipes .This recipe is made from broken rice upma and Toor dal. This recipe is very easy to prepare.Once the rava is prepared and stored, we can easily prepare this upma  in jiffy.it is a bachelor recipe.Even the office goers can make it in no time.

Ingredients

Rice - 1 cup.

Toor dal - 1/2 cup.

water - 3 cups.

salt - to taste.

cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp.

red chillies - 2 or 3.(broken into 2)

coarse powder of pepper corns from 6 pepper corns

curry leaves - 10.

 oil - to fry.

Preparation

• Grind Rice and toor dal together to a coarse powder then keep it aside.

• If you have a rice mill near your place, you can get it ground coarsely like rava.Then store it in a container.U can use it whenever u want.

•  Powder the pepper seeds coarsely (by using mortar and pestle).

Method

• Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed vessel, add cumin seeds, when it splutters add curry leaves.then add   red chillies when it turns golden brown, add 3 cups of water.Add salt and coarse pepper powder   to it and mix well.

• When the water starts boiling, keep the flame in medium, and add the rava stir it. In meanwhile add 2 -3 cups of  water to bottom of cooker, place this vessel, & close the cooker.  

• pressure cook  for 4 - 5 whistles. When steam subsides open the cooker, stir it once, & serve.
• Serve hot with chutney or thogayal.

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