9th
March
2007
Rice Rava Upma (Uppudupindi)
posted in Uncategorized |Recipe for Rice Rava Upma:
Ingredients:
Rice rava- 1 cup
Moong dal- 1/4th cup

For Seasoning:
Asafoetida- 1/4th tsp
Red chillies- 2
Green chilli- 1
Ginger- 1 tsp (choped finely)
Mustard- 1 tsp
Cumin- 1 tsp
Urad dal- 1 tsp
Chana dal- 1 tsp
Procedure:
- Heat a pan, add two spoons of oil and do the seasoning with the above listed ingredients.
- Add three cups of water and let it boil.
- In the boiling water, add the washed moong dal and boil again.
- When the dal is partially boiled, add the salt and two spoons of oil.
- This is to prevent the formation of hard balls of rava, when added.
- Add the rice rava and stir it quickly and constantly to prevent it from, forming lumps.
- Cover with a lid and cook for ten minutes over a low flame.

Serve it hot, with any pickle or chutney of your choice.

We had it with tomato pickle and some sugar.
Note:
- Normally curry leaves are also added. But, I don’t have them today. So, they are omitted.
- Cumin and ginger give the real punch to this dish. So, don’t omit them.
- Rice rava can be prepared at home very easily. Wash the rice nicely, spread on a cloth and let it dry partly. Then grind the partly dried rice, to make rava (rice grinded to tiny pieces). After grinding, separate the flour and rava using a sieve.