Tamarind Upma

Ingredients

• • Rice (raw) - 1 cup
• • Par boiled rice - 1 cup
• • Coconut - ½
• • Jaggery - a little
• • Red chillies - 10
• • Asafoetidas - as required
• • Tamarind - medium lemon size
• • Salt - 2 teaspoons
• • Oil - ¼ cup

Ingredients For Tampering

• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Black gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Bengal gram dal - 2 teaspoons
• • Curry leaves - few
• • Red chillies (broken) - few

Method

• 1. Soak both rice varieties together in water for 2 to 3 hours.
• 2. Grind it along with red chillies, grated coconut, salt, and asafoetida till fine rawa consistency. (Thick paste)
• 3. Soak tamarind in water and take a thick extract.
• 4. Mix with ground paste.
• 5. Heat oil in a heavy bottom deep curved pan, add seasonings and pour ground paste.
• 6. Stir constantly till raw flavour is lost and oil separates from upma. (Approximately 30 to 45 minutes)
• 7. Serve with diced onions (raw).