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Usili Upma Recipe | Rice Moong Dal Upma
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Usili Upma Recipe | Rice with Moong Dal Upma

Usili Upma, is a delicious and healthy breakfast dish with rice and moong dal. The rice and dal are cooked fluffy along with flavorful tempering and served with hot and spicy tomato chutney. Learn here how to make this Usili Upma with step by step instructions along with pictures.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Breakfast Dishes, Dinner
Cuisine: Indian Recipes, South Indian Recipes, Tamil Brahmin, Tamil Nadu Recipes
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 200kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Equipment

  • Heavy Bottomed Pan
  • Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup Raw Rice Use Ponni / Sona Masoori / Basmati Rice
  • ½ Cup Moong dal 1 Cup - 250ml. I
  • 3¾ Cup Water 1 portion of Rice+Moong dal = 1.5 portion of water
  • 1½ teaspoon Salt adjust to your taste

For Tempering

  • 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Split Urad Dal
  • 1 tablespoon Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
  • 1 Pinch Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
  • 4 nos Red Chili Adjust to your spice level
  • 1 sprig Curry Leaves
  • 3 tablespoon Grated Coconut optional

Instructions

Dry Roasting

  • Heat a pan. Add moong dal and dry roast in the low flame till you get a nice aroma. When the dal starts to change the color, then remove the dal from flame and set aside.
  • In the same pan, add the rice. Dry roast the rice till the rice starts to change color slightly. Set this fried rice aside.

Tempering

  • Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add mustard seeds and allow the seeds to crackle.
  • To the pressure cooker, add split urad dal and split bengal gram dal. Sauté the dal till the dal turns light brown.
  • Next, tear the red chili and add it. Also, add curry leaves and hing. Give everything a good mix.
  • Now, add the dry roasted moong dal and rice. Stir well so it gets mixed with the tempering.

Cooking Upma

  • Add 3¾ cup of water to the pressure cooker. Add salt. Stir well. (Note - 1 portion of Rice + Moongdal = 1.5 portion water)
  • Close the pressure cooker and secure the whistle. Allow the usili upma to get pressure cooked for 2-3 whistles. (always cook 1 whistle less than what you usually cook for rice)
  • Allow the pressure to naturally release. Open the pressure cooker and gently give a mix without breaking the rice.
  • Finally add the grated coconut and give it a nice mix.
  • Usili Upma is now ready to serve with Chutney.

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Nutrition

Serving: 0.25Cup | Calories: 200kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 7g