Thursday 3 November 2011

Uppit aha ha..

Uppit (Upma), the name when called out at home as breakfast option gets very bad reviews but cmon women need to make something daily as a breakfast right. So why not try out this uppit and receive an "aha ha" as a compliment from the family.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Serves: 7


Ingredients: 

1. Upma rava 3 cups
2. Green peas 200 gms (I usually use the frozen ones and microwave them for about 4 minutes)
3. Carrots 3
4. Green chillies 7-8
5. Urad dal 2 handfuls
6. Jeera seeds 1 handful
7. Peppercorns 8-9
8. Water
9. Oil
10. Ghee 2 tsp
11. Chana dal 1tsp
12. Mustard seeds 1 tsp
13. Curry leaves
14. Coriander leaves
15. Grated fresh coconut 1 cup


Method: 

1. Roast the upma rava till they turn light brown in a kadhai and keep aside. Grate the carrots as well and cook the green peas.
2. Heat 1/2 tsp of ghee and roast the urad dal, jeera seeds and peppercorns and grind them into a powder.
3. Keep 3/4 litre of water for boiling.
4. Now heat the remaining ghee and 2 tsp of oil in a kadhai and make seasoning of mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal 1tsp, curry leaves and jeera seeds along with green chillies.
5. Add the ready powder and mix well. .
6. Now add the grated carrots, green peas and mix well.
7. Add the upma rava, salt, coconut and mix well and cook on low flame for about 3 minutes.
8. Now slowly add the required amount of water while mixing the ingredients on a low flame.
9. Mix well and make sure no umps are there. Cover and let it cook for about 5 minutes.
10. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.


Variation: You can use avrekai (Flat beans) instead of green peas or omit carrots if you want.





 Uppit aha ha here served with yummy, spicy avagai(mango) pickle..



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