puffed rice upma | pori upma
puffed rice upma is nothing less than a marvelous creation. With the instructions provided, you can easily create this puffed rice upma . This puffed rice upma tastes delicious and will make you want to eat all the more due to its rich flavours. The yummy recipe is created by parveen with loads of love and effort. Try this simple and nutritious puffed rice upma for dinner tonight and let your loved ones experience new flavours of this unique dish. puffed rice upma is simple and best for all special occasions. Take your taste buds on a joy ride with this yummy puffed rice upma. Foodies vouch for this puffed rice upma due to its rich aroma and awesome texture. So, what are you waiting for? Enjoy this delicious puffed rice upma. Don’t forget to recommend this wonderful puffed rice upma to your friends and relatives.
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Ingredients (240 ml cup used)
Ingredients
- 250 Gms cleaned puffed rice
- 1 large onion chopped to cubes
- 1 medium tomato
- 4 tbsps. Or ¼ cup of fried gram powder (optional, you can reduce to 2 tbsps.)
- Lemon juice or tamarind paste as needed (refer notes for tamarind)
- few coriander leaves chopped
- Salt to taste
Seasoning ingredients
- 3 green chilies
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 2 to 3 tbsp. oil
- ½ tsp. mustard
- ½ tsp. jeera
- 3 tbsp. peanuts
- 1 tbsp. channa dal
- 1 tbsp. urad dal
- grated coconut
Vegetables (optional)(refer notes)
- capsicum chopped
- carrots chopped
- green peas (can skip if using peanuts)
- boiled potatoes
How to make the recipe
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Wash puffed rice in lot of water. Use a very big pail or something of that sort to rinse them. If you are using thicker variety, leave it in water for around 5 mins.if you are using the very airy variety, just dunk them in water and squeeze up the water immediately else they turn mushy.
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Squeeze away the water from the puffed rice fully and transfer to a wide plate.
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Heat a wide and deep pan with oil, add mustard, cumin, dals and peanuts (if using) when they turn golden, add green chilies and curry leaves. Saute for a minute.
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Add onions and fry for 2 to 3 mins, add tomatoes, turmeric and salt. Fry till the tomatoes turn mushy. If needed sprinkle little water, cover and cook. Fry the mix till it begins to leave the sides.
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Add the puffed rice and heat up well. You could cover and heat up to do it quickly
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Add fried gram powder, coriander leaves, mix well.
