Green Gram Rice Upma – Paasi Payaru Recipe

I made this upma for dinner yesterday. Its a simple one pot meal. It tastes best with sambar.I add equal amount of rice and green gram dal ( Pacha Payaru/Paasi pauaru in Tamil) in this upma. So its very filling and rich in protein. We wanted little mushy. So I added more water.But if u add the quantity of water given below, u’ll get the rice grains separate and fluffy. Please use the water according to your choice.

green gram upma

INGREDIENTS
1 cup – 200ml

  • Steamed rice or Raw rice – 1/2 cup
  • Green gram / Pacha payaru – 1/2 cup
  • Water – 1- 1.25 cups
  • Salt – As needed

To temper

  • Cooking oil – 1 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
  • Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
  • Channa dal – 1/2tsp
  • Green chilly – 2 no (slit into two)
  • Curry leaves – A few
  • Ginger- 1 inch (cut into pieces)
  • Hing / Asafetida – 3-4 generous pinches

METHOD

  • Heat a kadai and dry roast the rice till it slightly puffs up.
  • In the same kadai add a tsp of oil and roast the green gram until nice aroma arises.It may take 5-8 mins.
  • Now heat 1 tbsp of oil and temper the items given above in the same order.
  • Then add the roasted rice and dal. Add the required water and salt .Transfer everything into a pressure cooker.
  • Add a drop of oil and a pinch of hing .Pressure cook for one whistle.

Delicious upma is ready to serve. I served with AAB sambhar.

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36 thoughts on “Green Gram Rice Upma – Paasi Payaru Recipe”

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    thanks for visiting my space n your wonderful comments…..u too hav a wonderful space here…..upma is one of my daughter's favorites…surely giv it a try next time…..following u too 🙂

  2. My mum usually makes this rice and green gram combo as "Kanji" its more like a soup. Upma is a great variation, more flavourful too.I'd love to try this.

  3. healthy and filling upma, tasty indeed…looks inviting…thanks for visiting my space n leaving your lovely comment…just scrolled your recipes n love it totally…glad to follow you…plz do visit mine n follow me (if u like) and stay connected 🙂 thank you!!

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  5. Hi, Am a Coimbatorian, In our place Arisiparuppu rice is very authentic, normally we also do green gram with rice, my mom do best, it resembles the same…

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