Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Ragi Upma-A nutritious breakfast

Ingredients:
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Ragi flour - 3 cup
  • Urad dal - 3/4 cup
  • Rice flour - 2 tbsp
  • fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
  • salt - 2 tsp
  • onion - 1,chopped
  • Green chillies - 2 ,slit open
  • curry leaves - 2 sprigs
  • mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  • chana dal - 1/2 cup(soak in water for an hour)
  • oil - 2 tsp
  • lemon juice - 1 tbsp
  • shredded coconut - 2 tbsp
  • asafoetida - a pinch
Method:
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Batter:
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  • Wash and soak urad dal,fenugreek seeds for half an hour.
  • Grind into a smooth paste with little water.
  • Mix ragi flour and rice flour with water into a smooth batter without lumps.
  • Add urad dal paste,salt into it and mix well.
  • Keep overnight to ferment.
Idly
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  • Mix the batter well and make idlies as shown.(Steam fo 15 to 20 min)
  • Set aside to cool completely and tear off into small pieces.
  • Add the pieces into a mixer and pulse twice /thrice to get fine crumbs.
Upma:
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  • Cook soaked chana dal in sufficient water for 10 min.
  • Drain the excess water.
  • Grind green chillies and coconut.(julse pulse once)
  • Add oil in a kadai .When hot add mustard seeds,curry leaves,asafoetida,onion and saute for 3 min
  • Add chilli-coconut mixture and cooked chana dal.
  • Saute for 3 to 5 min,add little salt(as its already there in idly) and add the ragi crumbs.
  • Mix well for 2 min and switch off.
  • Squeeze lemon juice and keep closed for 5 min.
Mix well and serve hot with sugar/chutney.

1 comment:

Sangeetha Mani said...

Sounds great Uma.. very different..

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