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.