How to prepare Poha in an electric cooker (Upma with beaten/flattened rice)?
Poha- a scrumptious, delicious, simple recipe is here to satisfy your taste buds now.
It is a regular breakfast recipe of Maharashtra also called as “Atukula Upma” in my mother tongue. It takes no time to prepare when compared to other breakfasts.
You do not need to go to a grocery store and shop for the stuff. It can be prepared with basic ingredients that are readily available in your kitchen.
Do not worry! A mini kitchen can also do this ;)
As I said, the intention of this blog is to help you, to cook with limited resources and ingredients; here we go, add a second recipe to your menu.
Let us go to our mini kitchen and start preparing this yummy dish.
All you require is (ingredients):
Ingredients
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Quantity *
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Rinsed flattened/beaten rice
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1 cup
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Sufficient water
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Just to wash and rinse flattened rice
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Salt
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1 tea spoon (you can add according to your taste)
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Turmeric powder
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¼ teaspoon
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Mustard and cumin seeds
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1 teaspoon each
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Oil/ butter
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2 table spoons
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Finely chopped ginger / ginger paste
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½ table spoon
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Chopped green chillies
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2 no.s
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Chopped onions
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1 large sized or 2 small sized
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Chopped tomatoes (bit juicy)
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2 no.s
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Curry leaves (optional)
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8 leaves
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Tomato sauce (optional)
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Very little quantity
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Lemon juice (optional)
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1 tablespoon
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*Note: Quantity can be increased or decreased according to your taste and requirement.
You can also add other vegetables like capsicum depending upon availability.
Preparation:
1. Wash 1 cup of flattened rice and rinse it with water for about 5 minutes.
2. Add sufficient salt and pepper to it and put it aside.
3. Meanwhile, switch on the electric cooker with butter/oil in it.
4. After butter gets heated, add mustard and cumin seeds
5. Allow it to fry till you hear the crackling sound of mustard seeds.
6. Add chopped ginger/ ginger paste, curry leaves along with green chillies and stir it well for 30 seconds.
7. Add chopped onions and fry until its colour changes to slight brown.
8. Add chopped tomatoes (juicy tomatoes help a lot).
9. Mix it well and leave for 1 minute by closing it with a lid.
10. Add rinsed flattened rice to the mixture and stir it well.
11. Sprinkle a little amount of water if required (also, you can add some tomato sauce for lubrication)
12. Leave it for 2 minutes and switch it off.
13. Squeeze some lemon and serve hot in a serving plate.
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