Recipe: Delicious Rice (அரிசி) upma

Rice (அரிசி) upma. Arisi upma (அரிசி உப்புமா) recipe in tamil. Try doing it and give comments. Please like, share and subscribe to our channel.

Rice upma is a very popular breakfast item in most of the south Indian homes especially in the state Tamil Nadu. It is commonly known as Arisi. Arisi upma is made with raw rice and dal, we make it with toor dal (thuvaram paruppu) but I have seen people make with chana dal and moong dal too. You can have Rice (அரிசி) upma using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Rice (அரிசி) upma

1. It's of is 250gms.
2. It's of white rice.
3. It's of toor dal (yellow).
4. You need of cumin seeds.
5. Prepare of black peppercorns.
6. It's of Salt.
7. Prepare of Dry red chillies.
8. You need of black mustard.
9. It's of curry leaves.
10. It's of hing/asafoetida.
11. Prepare of chana dal.
12. It's of white urad dal.
13. You need of Oil.
14. Prepare of coconut oil.
15. It's of sesame oil.
16. Prepare of sunflower oil.

Very easy and simple recipe and one pot meal if you. Arisi Upma is made using Raw rice, toor dal, pepper along with tempering ingredients. The rice and dal are first pounded to rava like coarse powder along with peppercorns. Stir continuously until the mixture thickens and the rice is cooked.

Rice (அரிசி) upma instructions

1. Measure 1 cup rice and 1 cup toor dal. Grind it coarsely. To ensure additional fragrance in the recipe, you can also dry roast the rice and dal in low flame and grind it..
2. In the mix, throw in 3 red chillies, 1/2 sprig curry leaves, cumin seeds, black peppercorns and grind them all just for 10 seconds..
3. Now in a heavy bottom pan; preferably steel, add in all the oils in the said quantity. Throw in mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, 1/2 sprig curry leaves, asafoetida, 2 red chillies. Sauté them in low flame till they turn fragrant..
4. Then, add in 4 cups of water - preferably hot to speed up the cooking. Cover it and let the water reach a roller boil. Once it does, lower your flame to minimum; add in the salt as preferred and gently mix in the powder to the water. Make sure to stay careful as a few drops of water may splash around..
5. Once the powder is mixed in keep stirring for a minute. Then cover and let it cook for 7 minutes in the lowest mark. Open and add water if needed. Else, give it a couple of stirs and take it off stove. It is now ready to serve..
6. Notes: Rice brings carbs. Dals provide body building protein. Oils bring in fat. Cumin seeds help maintain body temperature while pepper, curry leaves, asafoetida and mustard help digestion. This is a wholesome meal. It can be consumed as such or with a side of chuney and sambar or; with plain whole yoghurt..

Simmer for sometime keeping the pan closed. If using a pressure cooker, allow the mixture to cook until the first whistle. Arisi Upma / Rice Upma is one of the simple and easy breakfast. this is our family traditional recipe. It is a very simple and flavourful one-pot meal, generally made on fasting days. Arisi upma is our family favorite recipe.

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