Oct 3, 2013

Godumai Rawa Upma / Broken Wheat Upma with Thakkali Thair Patchadi

Off late the broken wheat has taken over the rice meal. Broken wheat considered as a sumptuous, easily digestible and easy to make main course ingredient. Down south of India in Tamilnadu broken wheat has been in used as main ingredient for various main course dishes. One of such is this Upma.

Fresh morning with heavy, healthy breakfast... Try it!!!!






Ingredients:

  • 250 gms  - Godumai Rawa / Broken wheat
  • 1 tbs        - Mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tbs     - Cumin seeds
  • 3-4          - Dry red chillies
  • 2 tbs       -  Sesame oil
  • 1 tbs       - Asafatida
  • 1 tbs       - Broken urad dal
  • 2 arc       - Curry leaves
  • 500 ml   - Water
  • 100 ml   - Water for soaking
  • Salt to taste

Method / Vidhiee:
1. In a pressure cooker add in oil.
2. Once it gets heated up add in mustard, cumin, broken urad dal,asafatida, dry red chillies and saute till they splutter.
3. Do not turn them black. Hence, lower the flame.
4. Add in the curry leaves.
5. Soak the broken wheat for 10 mins before you start this process.
6. Add in the broken wheat after straining the water.
7. Stir well and add salt, 500 ml water to it.
8. Or you can measure it as 1 cup of broken wheat to 3 cups of water.
9. Pressure cook and leave minimum 3 whistles.
10. After the pressure is off open the lid of the cooker. Mix the upma well.

Serve hot with any chutney or with tomato curd patchadi.... see below for the method.



Thakkali / Tomato Thair Patchadi

Ingredients:
  • 2         - Medium sized red tomatoes
  • 1         - Green chilly
  • 1 arc   - Curry leaves
  • 1 tbs    - Mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tbs - Asafatida
  • 1/2 tbs - Dry red chilly powder
  • 1/2 tbs - Turmeric powder
  • 2 cups  - Beaten curd
  • 1/4 tbs - Sugar
  • 1/2 tbs - oil
  • Salt to taste

Method/ Vidhiee:
1. Finely chop the tomaotes and green chilly.
2. In a pan add in oil and splutter the mustard seeds along with curry leaves and asafatida.
3. Add in the chopped tomatoes and green chilly.
4. Now add in turmeric powder, red chilly powder, sugar and salt.
5. Saute till the tomatoes turn soft.
6. Cool them and add into the beaten curd.

Garnish with green coriander and serve it along with Upmas, dosa, idllies, chappattis.







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