Huli Avalakki / Tamarind Flattened Rice

This recipe I usually prepare it for Shivratri festival. As this is for fasting recipe, here I did't use the onion.  In regular day breakfast we could use onion to taste more.

Ingredients

• Poha / Avil/ Flattened Rice- 2 Cups
• Imli Juice / Tamarind Juice - 1 Cup
• Turmeric Powder- 1 tsp
• salt as per taste
• Jaggary  - 1 tbsp (Indian Sweetener made from sugar cane juice - available in Indian store)

For Grinding

• Coconut grated - 1/2 cup
• Jeera /Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
•  Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
• Whole Dry Red Chili - 5 to 6 Nos.

For Seasoning:

• Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
• Urud Dal /White Lentils- tsp
• Dry Whole Red Chili - 3 nos. 
• Curry Leaves Few

  

 

  

Time Required : 20 mins


Method:

1) Wash poha till clean. Drain water sprinkle a handful of clear water and keep aside.
2) Grind the above mentioned ingredients smoothly without adding water
3) In the tamarind juice add the above blended mixture, salt, turmeric powder and jaggary. Make sure jaggary is nicely dissolved with tamarind juice. Use your fingers to do so. Or keep this mixture for 5 mins.
4) Add poha to this mixture and loosen the poha gently, and break lumps with fingers. This turns white poha into red
5) In a heavy saucepan, heat oil, add seeds, red chili, curry leaves and stir for  2-3 minutes
6) Add poha mixture, mix it well with seasonings. Adjust salt if needed. 
7) Return to low flame stir gently every now and then.

Variations: To tweak a taste a bit , in grinding you could also ingredients like pottu kadalai/Roasted gram, Dhaniya/coriander seeds and garlic.

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Avil Upma / Poha

In southern part of  India commonly called as Upma /Uppuma/Uppittu. Upma usually cooked as a thick porridge using vegetables with various main ingredients  like Rava(semolina), semiya(vermicelli), rice , Moong Dal(Yellow split peas/mung bean) and Oats. This poha upma is the super quick dish.

Check the below quick and easy breakfast Upma Varieties:

Rice Upma      Semiya Upma,   Oats Upma,   MoongDal Upma,  Idli Usli/Upma 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flattened rice (Poha) 
• 2 onions chopped
• 1 small potato (boiled & chopped)
• 1 Carrot chopped (optional)
• 5-6 green chilies
• Few Curry leaves
• 1/2 tsp each cumin & mustard seeds.
• 1/4 cup crushed pea nuts 
• 1/4 tsp sugar
• salt to taste
• 1/4 cup grated coconut for garnishing(optional)
• Fresh coriander leaves / Cilantro
• 1 tsp Lemon juice
• 2 tbsp oil

Method:

1) Wash the poha twice and drain water fully and  sprinkle a handful of clear water and keep aside.
2) After 15 minutes loosen the poha gently, and break lumps with fingers. 
3) In a heavy saucepan, heat oil, add seasoning seeds allow them to crackle, add crushed peanuts, followed by potatoes. Stir for  2-3 minutes. 
4) Add chopped onion, carrot, chilies and curry leaves. Stir and fry onion  till it urns to pink 
5) Add poha, sugar and lemon juice and mix  well 
6) Return to low flame. Stir gently every now and then. Transfer to serving dish and garnish with coriander leaves and coconut. 
7) Serve hot with freshly brewed coffee. :)

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