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Monday, March 21, 2011

UPMA KOZHAKATTAI


Ingredients:
Rice - 1.5 cups
Coconut(grated) - 3 tbsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Dry red chillies - 1
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - 1 tsp

Method:
Soak the rice for 2 hrs. Drain and dry in a paper towel. In a dry blender pulse for few times to obtain a coarse powder.
Heat the oil, add the orid dal, broken red chilli, cumin seeds and mustard seeds.
Add 3 cups of water(twice the amount of rice). Bring it to a boil and add salt to taste.
Slowly mix the rice rava and coconut without any lumps. Cover and cook till almost all the water is absorbed and rava gets cooked.
Keep aside for sometime to cool down. Taste and adjust for salt.
When the mixture is luke warm, roll out into round or elliptical balls.
Steam in a pressure cooker at medium heat for 10 to 15 min.
Serve hot with coconut chutney or rasam.

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