Kugan's Kitchen Part 2

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A friend asked me as to why her upma is always very
kola-kola. She wants it to be uthir uthir.
I told her that we can make the upma in two consistency.
The very soft upma is normally served with kara chutney, or any hot chutney. I think it is also called bath.
The uthir uthir one is normally served with a sprinkling of sugar, banana or even with some gravy.
The trick in getting a good upma is to roast the rava with little ghee
until you get a very good aroma.

I am posting the two versions of the upma.


Rava Uppuma

Ingredients:

1 cup rava roasted nicely with little ghee
1/2 inch ginger chopped
1 onion chopped
3 green chillies chopped
Salt to taste
2 cups of water

To temper:
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp urad dal
1 tsp channa dal
1 sprig curry leaves
2 tbs ghee or oil
Lemon juice to taste optional

Method:
Heat a wok with ghee or oil. Add in the mustard seeds
Urad dal, channa dal, and curry leaves.
Saut nicely. Now add in the onions , ginger and green chillies.
Stir nicely , when the onions are a little brown add in 2 cups
Of water and salt. Let the mixture boil.
When it boils, slow the fire and add the rava little by little
Stirring all the time. See that no lumps are formed.
Stir nicely and see that the rava is cooked.
Remove from stove, sprinkle little lime juice if you like.
Serve with kara chutney

NOTE: If you want uthir- uthir uppuma, use only 1 cup of water for1 cup of rava As soon as you mix everything, keep the flame very very small.
Cover the wok and let it cook in its steam for a while. Then remove
The cover and break up the lumps nicely. They will be uthir uthir.

Another way is to add chopped carrot, capsicum, green peas and any
Vege of your choice to make vegetable uppuma. You can garnish with coriander leaves.


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