UPMA URUNDAI RECIPE – UPMA KOZHUKATTAI RECIPE

Last weekend I was breaking my head thinking about what to prepare for dinner. Finally I asked my husband what he wanted to have. He told me to prepare upma urundai / upma kozhukattai and he also said its been a very long time we prepared this. Yes , I agreed. I totally forgot about this dish.  Upma kozhukattai is nothing but steamed rice dumplings. I gave a call to my MIL for the recipe and made it. It was tasting soft and excellent. Thanks to my husband for reminding me this yummy tiffin. Also i’ve got a different and interesting South Indian recipe to share with u all  🙂

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INGREDIENTS :
1 cup – 200ml

  • Raw rice – 1 cup ( Use good quality Sona masoori)
  • Toor dal – 1.5 tbsp
  • Water – 2 cups

To temper :

  • Cooking oil – 1 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
  • Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
  • Asafetida /Hing – 1/4 tsp
  • Green chilly – 1 no ( cut into two)
  • Red chilli – 1no
  • Ginger – 1 inch piece ( cut into small pieces)
  • Curry leaves – A few
  • Pepper powder – 1 tsp
  • Grated coconut – 1/4 cup ( optional)

Salt & water – as needed.
METHOD:

  • Take the raw rice and toor dal in a mixie jar and grind it like rava. It should not be too coarse, remember. Set aside. Alternatively you can soak the rice & dal for 2 hours, drain the water and grind it.
  • Now in a broad kadai , temper all the items given above in the same order.
  • Add 2 cups of water and the required salt. Allow it to boil.Now add the ground rice mixture.Mix well for sometime without forming lumps.Let it thicken.
  • The rice absorbs all the water and becomes a non sticky dough. Lastly add freshly grated coconut (optional) and pepper powder.Mix well. 
  • Let it cool down. Now grease the idli plate with little oil. Make balls out of the dough and arrange it in the greased idli plate.Steam the balls for 10-15 mins.

Soft , hot upma urundai is ready to serve. We enjoyed with the sambar I made for lunch. U can have it with any chutney. Sometimes this can be served as an evening snack without any accompaniment.

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27 thoughts on “UPMA URUNDAI RECIPE – UPMA KOZHUKATTAI RECIPE”

  21. Raks

    Me too long time since I had it! 🙁 I dont have raw rice at all,so could not make… atleast I can drool ur post 😉

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  22. Swati Sapna

    wonderful version of the humble upma! they look delicious! the upma seems to be coming back in fashion big time thanks to top chef masters winning dish of fancy upma 😀

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