A twist from the normal Rice Upma. Very scrumptious and tasty upma with broken raw rice along with Indian spices. A very simple to make breakfast dish. Most of us make Rava Upma very often. Rava upma is made from Semolina (Sooji), this upma kozhukattai is made with broken rice. We can use broken rice (Rice Rava) and make Rice Upma. Rice upma tastes so good with lemon pickle and vendhaya kuzhambu also with coconut chutney.
In this upma kozhukatai, we first need to wash the rice and spread it in towel and then once its dry, we are going to grind the rice to a coarse powder like coarse sooji consistency. Then we need to temper the upma and cook rice in boiling water and then pressure cook for 3 whistles. Again take the cooked upma and make pidi kozhukattai and steam cook the pidi kozhukattai. A very healthy and tasty South Indian Breakfast that is simple and easy to make.
You can also try:
Recipe Card
Upma Kozhukattai | Kara Pidi Kozhukattai
A twist from the normal Rice Upma. Very scrumptious and tasty upma with broken raw rice along with Indian spices. A very simple to make breakfast dish. Serve Upma Kozhukattai with Coconut Chutney and enjoy the dish.
- 1 Cup Raw Rice (1 Cup – 250ml)
- 2.5 Cups Water
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/4 Cup Grated Coconut
For Tempering
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Split Urad Dal
- 1 tsp Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
- 2 Red Chili
- a Pinch Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
- Few Curry Leaves
-
Wash the raw rice(preferably Pacharisi) in water. Spread the rice in the towel and let the rice dry completely. Grind the rice in the mixer and grind it like sooji (rawa) and keep it aside. Make sure that the rice is not grind completely like rice flour.
-
Heat the oil in the pan. When the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds starts to sputter add the urdhal, channa dhal, broken red chillis, curry leaves. Fry the above mixture till dhal turn into golden brown color. Finally add hing and switch off the flame .
-
Take the broken rice in a vessel. Add 2.5 cups of water along with salt. Add Seasoning to the water and stir well
-
Finally add grated coconut and stir well. Keep the vessel inside the pressure cooker and pressure cook allowing for 3 whistles
-
Allow the pressure to release fully and then open the cooker and stir the cooked upma well
-
Spread the cooked upma in plate and allow it to cool. Now make a small balls out of it and place it in a Idly plate and steam cook it for five minutes.
-
Serve Upma Kozhukattai with coconut chutney/Vendhya kuzhambu
- We can use dry rice also to make upma kozhukattai. The main reason to wash and dry rice is that while grinding we will get evenly coarse rice
- We can also add 1/4 cup of toor dal along with rice
- We can also use 1 teaspoon of peppercorns while grinding the rice
- We can make large quantity of coarsely ground rice powder and store it in air-tight container and use it whenever needed
Method:
- Wash the raw rice(preferably Pacharisi) in water. Spread the rice in the towel and let the rice dry completely. Grind the rice in the mixer and grind it like sooji (rawa) and keep it aside. Make sure that the rice is not grind completely like rice flour.
- Heat the oil in the pan. When the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds starts to sputter add the urdhal, channa dhal, broken red chillis, curry leaves. Fry the above mixture till dhal turn into golden brown color. Finally add hing and switch off the flame .
- Take the broken rice in a vessel. Add 2.5 cups of water along with salt. Add Seasoning to the water and stir well
- Finally add grated coconut and stir well. Keep the vessel inside the pressure cooker and pressure cook allowing for 3 whistles
- Allow the pressure to release fully and then open the cooker and stir the cooked upma well
- Spread the cooked upma in plate and allow it to cool. Now make a small balls out of it and place it in a Idly plate and steam cook it for five minutes.
- Serve Upma Kozhukattai with coconut chutney/Vendhya kuzhambu
 |
| Upma Kozhukattai |
The post Upma Kozhukattai | Kara Pidi Kozhukattai appeared first on Subbus Kitchen.