Arisi Upma

 

 

Ingredients

Items

Qnty

Comments

Raw Rice

1 cup

(tamil:pachai Arisi)

Onion

1 medium size

(tamil:venagayam)

Red Chillies

3

(tamil:pachai milagai)

Mustard Seeds

˝ teaspoon

(tamil:kaduku)

Cummin Seeds

˝ teaspoon

(tamil:seeragam)

Curry Leaves

5

(tamil:karuvepillai)

Asafoetida

1/4 teaspoon

(tamil:perungayam)

Salt

1 teaspoon

Or as required

Oil

6 teaspoons

For Frying

 

Method

 

 

1.      Wash and soak the raw rice in water for 10 minutes.

 

2.      Drain the water and spread the rice on a paper or paper towel to absorb the remaining water.

 

3.      Allow it to dry overnight.Another alternative is to keep it in the sun for 4 hours or you can keep it in the oven for 20 minutes at 250 ° C.

 

4.      Coarsely grind the rice in a dry blender little by little.It should be grinded in such a way that each rice granule is broken into 4 pieces.

 

5.      Heat the oil in a tawa and add mustard seeds,cummin seeds,red chillies,asafoetida and curry leaves in that order.

 

6.      When it splutters add the onions and sauté well until the onions start changing colour.

 

7.      Add the coarsely ground rice and sauté for a minute.

 

8.      Pour 3 cups of water and add salt and stir well.

 

9.      When the water starts boiling off the stove.

 

10.  Transfer the contents to a vessel that can be kept in the pressure cooker.

 

11.  Pressure cook for 4 whistles.Off the stove and allow it to cool.

 

12.  After about 20 minutes remove the vessel from the pressure cooker and stir the contents well with a spatula.

 

13.  Transfer to a serving plate.

 

 

Tips

 

·         Serve hot with pachadi or sambhar.