Broken Wheat Upma

Broken wheat Upma

This is for BM #48 Week 3, day 3 under the theme ‘Nasta time’.  Broken wheat or Godhumai rava upma is a simple recipe. You can have it as a breakfast or tiffin or for dinner.

Ingredients

Broken wheat – 1 cup

Water – 1.5 cups

Mustard seeds – 1tsp

Chana dhal – 1 tsp

Urad dhal – 1 tsp

Curry leaves – few

Green chillies – 2- 3 depending on the spice.

Coconut – 1 – 2 tbsp. (optional) – I used the frozen one

Onions - ½ cup diced (optional)

Salt – as per taste

Method

Dry roast the broken wheat in a pan (Note if it is already roasted broken wheat, you can skip this) and keep it aside.

Take little oil in a pan and do the seasoning with mustard seeds , urad dhal , chana dhal and add the curry leaves. Add green chillies (note: Add onions now if you are using it and fry for some time)

 Add 1.5 cup water and add the required amount of salt and boil it. Once the water boils, Add the broken wheat and mix it and switch off the stove.

Transfer the mixture into a bowl and pressure cook for 2 whistles. Add Coconut and mix it well and Serve it with chutney or sambhar.

I served the upma with sambhar.

Note: I usually do not add vegetables for this upma but you can add mixed vegetables along with onions and make this upma. (Add little more water if you are adding the vegetables)

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Brown Rice Idly

Brown rice idly

We have been eating brown rice regularly for the past few years. I have made few recipes by replacing white rice with brown rice and liked it so much. I made this brown rice idly last week and it was a hit.

This is for BM #48 Week 3 day 2 under the theme ‘Nasta time’  .

Ingredients

Brown rice – 2 cups

Whole urad dhal – ½ cup

Salt – as required (I always use coarse sea salt)

Fenugreek seeds – handful (optional) – soak it with urad dhal

Method

Wash brown rice and urad dhal and soak in water for 4-5 hours. Grind them to a smooth batter like the usual idly batter. Add salt and allow it to ferment (I usually grind the batter in the evening and leave it till next day morning)

Grease the idly plates with little oil and pour the small ladle of batter in the idly plates and steam for 10-12 mins. Remove it and serve it hot with chutney or sambar or idly podi

I served it with Coriander chutney.

Note:

If you take the idly batter from refrigerator, take the required quantity and leave it outside for 30 mins before preparation.

For idly – Do not add water to make the batter thin. For dosa, you add water to make a thin batter.

If the weather is cold, you can keep the batter in the oven with light turned on, otherwise you can keep it outside for fermentation.

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Oats Dosa

Oats Dosa
Yields ~ 12 - 13 medium dosas

Ingredients
Oats - 3 cups
Rice flour - 3 tbsp.
Rava ( Sooji ) - 3 tbsp.
Salt - as needed
Butter milk - 1 1/2 cups
Green chillies - 2 to 3
water - as needed.
Oil - as needed

Method
1) Dry roast the oats in tawa and grind it in mixie
2) Mix the first 5 ingredients and make it batter consistency by adding water slowly.
3) Chop the green chillies and mix it well
4) Leave it aside for 15 - 30 mins
5) Heat the dosa pan ( I use cast iron pan ) and pour a ladle of batter and spread it circular motion.
6) Add 1 tsp oil around the dosa.
7) Allow it to cook for sometime . Now flip to cook the dosa on the other side.
8) Once cooked, Serve it hot with sambar or chutney or dosa milagai podi.
Notes
This dosa needs to be taken hot otherwise might not taste as good.
You can add pepper powder / cumin seeds as well.
For kids , i made it without adding chillies, instead i added little pepper powder to batter.
You can try adding grated carrots as well.

Chiroti Rava Dosa

 

I prepared Rava dosa using Chiroti rava few weeks back and it tasted very good. Chiroti Rava is very fine form of Sooji rava. My mom got this last time from India.

Ingredients

Servings : 6  or 7 dosas

Chiroti Rava – 1/2 cup ( or you can use regular sooji rava )

Rice Flour – 1/4 cup

Maida – 1/2 cup

Salt – as per taste

Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp

Green chillies – 1 or 2 based on how spicy it is

Cilantro – chopped – 1 tbsp

Buttermilk – 1/2 cup ( optional , instead you can use water )

Water – 1 1/2 cup

Asafoetida – a pinch

Oil – for dosas

Preparation

Mix Rava , rice flour , maida in a bowl and add water / buttermilk to form a thin batter.

Add all other ingredients and mix well and leave it aside for 30 minutes.

Heat the Skillet and once it is ready , pour the batter with ladle from corners to center ( Make sure to pour the batter from a 2 to 3 inches height and not like regular dosas )

Sprinkle oil on the corners and cook it for 1 –2 mins or until one side is golden brown. Flip and cook the other side as well.

Crispy Rava dosa is now ready to serve. You can have this with Coriander  / coconut chutney or Sambhar.

Almond meal pancakes

 

Almond meal is low in carb and has a good fiber content. It is more healthier and can be used to make muffins , breads and pancakes. I was looking for a pancake recipe and got this from lowcarbdiets.com.

The recipe suggested for sweetener and I substituted with brown sugar.

Ingredients

• 1 cup almond meal
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tsp. oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tbsp. brown sugar

Preparation

Beat the eggs in the bowl. Add Almond meal , water , salt , sugar and oil and blend all together .

Make the pancakes in a non stick pan using little oil. Enjoy with maple syrup and a dollop of butter

Note : If you are on low carb diet , instead of maple syrup , you can substitute with Agave syrup