Broken red rice lemon upma | Sigappu arisi elumichai upma-Quick indian breakfast recipe

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, south india | Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type: Ganesha[vinayagar] Chaturthi festival special recipe

Ingredients

• Broken red rice [Kerala matta rice, Sigappu arisi] – 2 cup
• Onion – 1 [sliced or chopped]
• Carrot – ½ cup [cut into cubes]
• Coconut – 3 tbsp [Thinly sliced & chopped]
• Green chilli – 1 [slit or chopped]
• Ginger – 1 tbsp [finely chopped]
• Coriander leaves – 2 springs [chopped]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – 1 tbsp
• Lemon juice – 2 tbsp
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed [Apr. 4 cups]

Method

• Wash & soak broken red rice for 10 min. Then drain water. [optional]
• Heat oil in a pressure cooker add mustard seeds& let it splutter.
• Then add Bengal gram, urad dal sauté gently.
• Add onion sauté well then add ginger, green chilli, & curry leaves.
• Add carrot & coconut sauté well.
• Add water and salt mix well & let it boil.
• Then add broken red rice mix well, cover it and cook for 4 whistle.
• Then add coriander leaves & lemon juice mix well and serve hot with coconut chutney, pickle or chips.

Sigappu arisi elumichai upma