Puli (Tamarind) Upma

Puli Upma is made out of rice flour and tamarind water. This simple upma tastes different from other upmas and I love this very much. Very few ingredients are required to prepare this upma.

Tamarind is Puli in Tamil and Imli in Hindi.

Serves: 6

Cooking time: 20 minutes approximately

Ingredients

• Rice flour – 3 cup
• Turmeric powder – ½ tea spoon
• Red chilli powder – 1 tea spoon
• Tamarind – lemon size (adjust as per your taste)
• Salt – as per your taste
• For seasoning
  • Mustard – ½ tea spoon
  • Urad dal – ½ tea spoon
  • Red chilli – 2 no
  • Curry leaves – few
  • Asafetida – one generous pinch
  • Oil – 2 table spoon

Method

• Soak tamarind and extract the juice; add rice flour, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and mix well; add water if needed and make a batter neither thick nor watery.
• Heat a heavy bottom pan or non- stick pan and do the seasoning.

• Pour the batter, stir well; close and cook; stir in between.

• Keep cooking till the rice flour scrambles well; this may take at least 10 to 15 minutes.

• If you use a ordinary pan you may need some more oil but for non-stick pan the given oil will do.

• Puli Upma is ready. Serve hot with any chutney.

Tips

• Ready to use tamarind pulp/paste can also be used in this Upma.