Thursday, October 25, 2007

Arisi upma

Arisi upma is a very common dish in tamilnadu.Usually , it involves a long process with vengalapanai and karandi.But, with pressure cooker, its very easy to prepare arisi upma.
Ingredients:(For 2-3 persons)
1 cup of rice
toor dhall - 1 table spoon
red chilli - 2 Or 3
pepper - 1 tea spoon
Asafoetida_ little
curry leaves
oil- 1 table spoon
coconut oil - 1 table spoon
urud dhaal- 1 tea spoon
mustard seeds- 1 tea spoon
salt to taste


Procedure:
1.grind coarsely rice,toordhall, red chilli, pepper in mixer grinder
2.take a stainless steel vessel on the stove .
3.then, take oil(including coconut oil° and put urud dhall, mustanrd seeds, curry leaves and assfoetida
4.after mustard seeds starts popping, take 2 cups of water( for 1 cup of rice) if it is basmati rice, otherwise take two and half cups of water in the vessel
5.after the water starts boiling,put the grounded powder in the vessel and stir it constantly
6.when the mixer reaches a semi solid state, keep the vessel inside the pressure
cooker and cook it for 2 whistles
7.gving some standy timeafter the whistle, open the pressure cooker and your arisi upma os ready.

thats all, ready to eat

Then, eppadi saapdalam( kaiyaala eduthu thaannu kadi joke solla maaten)

1.arisi upma with sugar is an excellent combo
2.arisi upma with any chutneys or sambhar is also good
3.some like it with dosa molagapodi also
4.the best thing about this upma is, niraya perukku idhu pudikadhu


bye!!!