Puffed Rice Upma Recipe - Murmura Upma
A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with puffed rice, sunflower oil, mustard seeds. Ready in 30 min, serves 4.
Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳
Instructions
10 steps- 1
To begin making Puffed Rice Upma Recipe (Murmura Upma), place the puffed rice in a strainer and wash it under running water for 30 seconds and set aside on a bowl for all the excess water to drain out
puffed rice(6 cups) - 2
Alternatively, if you like the upma crunchy you can directly add the puffed rice without washing it
puffed rice(6 cups) - 3
Heat a heavy bottomed pan or kadai with a tablespoon of oil on medium flame
- 4
Once the oil heats up, add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle
mustard seeds(1/2 teaspoon)cumin seeds (jeera)(1/2 teaspoon) - 5
Add cumin seeds and peanuts and roast on medium heat until the raw peanuts get a roasted aroma and are crisp
mustard seeds(1/2 teaspoon)cumin seeds (jeera)(1/2 teaspoon)raw peanuts (moongphali)(1/4 cup) - 6
Once the peanuts are roasted, add the ginger, onions, green chillies and curry leaves with a little salt and sauté until transparent
curry leaves - roughly torn(10)ginger - grated(1)raw peanuts (moongphali)(1/4 cup)onion - finely chopped(1)green chillies - finely chopped(2)green peas (matar) - steamed(1/4 cup)coriander (dhania) leaves - finely chopped(1 tablespoon)salt - as needed - 7
Add peas, turmeric powder, tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes until the tomatoes are tender and soft
green peas (matar) - steamed(1/4 cup)turmeric powder (haldi)(1/4 teaspoon)tomato - roughly chopped(1) - 8
Stir in the Murmura (Puffed Rice), coriander leaves, lemon juice and stir everything together
puffed rice(6 cups)curry leaves - roughly torn(10)lemon juice(2 tablespoon)coriander (dhania) leaves - finely chopped(1 tablespoon) - 9
Check the salt and spice, adjust to suit your taste and serve
salt - as needed - 10
Serve the Puffed Rice Upma for a quick and easy weekday breakfast or even as a tea time snack when you have some guests over along with some Kesar Chai Recipe - A Delicious Saffron Flavored Indian Tea
puffed rice(6 cups)
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Puffed Rice Upma Recipe - Murmura Upma
A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with puffed rice, sunflower oil, mustard seeds. Ready in 30 min, serves 4.
Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳
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10 steps- 1
To begin making Puffed Rice Upma Recipe (Murmura Upma), place the puffed rice in a strainer and wash it under running water for 30 seconds and set aside on a bowl for all the excess water to drain out
puffed rice(6 cups) - 2
Alternatively, if you like the upma crunchy you can directly add the puffed rice without washing it
puffed rice(6 cups) - 3
Heat a heavy bottomed pan or kadai with a tablespoon of oil on medium flame
- 4
Once the oil heats up, add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle
mustard seeds(1/2 teaspoon)cumin seeds (jeera)(1/2 teaspoon) - 5
Add cumin seeds and peanuts and roast on medium heat until the raw peanuts get a roasted aroma and are crisp
mustard seeds(1/2 teaspoon)cumin seeds (jeera)(1/2 teaspoon)raw peanuts (moongphali)(1/4 cup) - 6
Once the peanuts are roasted, add the ginger, onions, green chillies and curry leaves with a little salt and sauté until transparent
curry leaves - roughly torn(10)ginger - grated(1)raw peanuts (moongphali)(1/4 cup)onion - finely chopped(1)green chillies - finely chopped(2)green peas (matar) - steamed(1/4 cup)coriander (dhania) leaves - finely chopped(1 tablespoon)salt - as needed - 7
Add peas, turmeric powder, tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes until the tomatoes are tender and soft
green peas (matar) - steamed(1/4 cup)turmeric powder (haldi)(1/4 teaspoon)tomato - roughly chopped(1) - 8
Stir in the Murmura (Puffed Rice), coriander leaves, lemon juice and stir everything together
puffed rice(6 cups)curry leaves - roughly torn(10)lemon juice(2 tablespoon)coriander (dhania) leaves - finely chopped(1 tablespoon) - 9
Check the salt and spice, adjust to suit your taste and serve
salt - as needed - 10
Serve the Puffed Rice Upma for a quick and easy weekday breakfast or even as a tea time snack when you have some guests over along with some Kesar Chai Recipe - A Delicious Saffron Flavored Indian Tea
puffed rice(6 cups)
Rate this recipe
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