PUFFED RICE UPMA / MANDAKKI OGGARNE / UGGANI / BORUGULA UPMA
Puffed Rice Upma / Mandakki Oggarne is an easy and tasty Karnataka style breakfast/ snack made with soaked Puffed Rice, onions, groundnuts and curry leaves .
Ingredients
- 8 cups Puffed Rice
- 4 tablespoon Roasted Chana Dal / hurikadle / Pottukadalai
- 1 big Onion, chopped
- 1 medium size Tomato , chopped
- 4-5 no Green Chillies, chopped
- few sprigs Coriander leaves / Dhania, chopped
- 1 Lemon
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder /Haldi
- Salt to taste
To Temper
- 2-3 tbsp Cooking Oil
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Urad dal
- 1 tsp Channa dal /bengal gram
- few Peanuts
- few Curry leaves
Instructions
- Firstly ..powder roasted chana dal and keep aside .
- Fill water into a large vessel and pour puffed rice into it. Wash it well and immediately drain it out of water. Use both your palms to squeeze out excess water from puffed rice.
- Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan. When it is hot, add mustard seeds. Add urad dal, chana dal and peanuts. When they turn brown add curry leaves and green chillies. Saute for about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Later, add onion and saute till they are translucent.
- Once they turn translucent, add chopped tomatoes, turmeric and salt and saute till they are mushy.
- Add puffed rice and mix well.
- Add powder fried gram, chopped coriander leaves and lemon juice. Mix everything well and saute for 2-3 minutes so that they take in flavors.
- Enjoy Mandakki Oggarne / puffed rice upma hot . Typically in North Karnataka it's served along with Mirchi Bajji .
