Rice Upma is a common breakfast in my house and also one of my favorite breakfast. It can be prepared in a jiffy, if you have rice rava ready. Well, this time I prepared upma with brown rice. Brown rice has more nutrients and fiber and definitely a healthier option than white rice. Once you know the Health benefits of Brown rice, you will definitely include brown rice in your diet often. I prepare this arisi upma with both white rice and brown rice. I will post the one I prepare with white rice later. Today we will learn how to make a very simple and healthy upma with brown rice.
Brown Rice Upma
Prep Time : 10 mins
Cook Time : 20 mins
Serves:1
Recipe Category: Breakfast-Upma-Brown Rice
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Serves:1
Recipe Category: Breakfast-Upma-Brown Rice
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Brown rice – 1/2 cup
Water – 1 1/2 cup
Tur dal – 2 tbsp
Fresh grated coconut – 1/3 cup (fresh preferable)
Salt as required
For the seasoning
Oil – 1 1/2 tbsp
Mustard seeds- 3/4 tsp
Bengal gram /kadalai paruppu – 1 tbsp
Split Urad dal – 3/4 tsp
Red chilles -3
Curry leaves – a sprig
Preparation
Soak tur dal for 15-20 minutes in hot water. Drain the water completely and grind it coarsely without water. Keep it aside.
Grind rice a little coarsely like rava /semolina (But not very finely as rava). Then soak the ground rice in 1 1/2 cups of boiling water for 45 minutes – 1 hour. (this is brown rice and we want the upma to be soft, so this step is important)
Method
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add bengal gram, urad dal, broken red chilli, curry leaves in the same order.
After dal turns golden brown, add ground tur dal and saute nicely for 2-3 minutes.
Add grated coconut and saute for some more time.
Now add the soaked brown rice along with the water. Add required salt and bring it to boil.
(Tips – taste the water and see to check for salt – if it is a bit salty, then the salt added is correct- once the rice gets cooked the salt will be perfect)
Transfer the contents to another container and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
Once the pressure subsides, open the cooker, mix it well and serve hot with sambar or idli sambar or gothsu or chutney of your choice.
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Wat a healthy and super filling upma..
Very healthy and yummy one pot meal
this is fantastic recipe. I am bookmarking it
Yummy and healthy breakfast..
arsi upma my favourite one. with brown rice i will try it soon.
a very healthy uppuma
this is definitely interesting!!
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yummy and very healthy too……
Healthy uppuma… Never tried rice upma
Nutrituous filled upma !!! Delicious !!!
Its a nice idea to use brown rice. Never tried rice upma,will try it soon! Thanks for the recipe!
Tempting me !
never heard of this, im sure its much more healthier than regular rawa upma
Wow so yummy
At what stage are we adding tur dal???
I think I have made it very clear that afer sauting the seasonings,you have to add tur dal.
Padhu, I tried this one and it came out very well…Thanks, Sundi
I prepared this upma, it came very good. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Hi, looks very yummy. How do you grind the brown rice? Is it ok to grind it in the food processor? Do you grind it dry? Or do you have to soak it and drain it?
Grind it dry and then soak it. I have written it very clearly.
Can I use Matta rice (Kerala rice) as the brown rice or do I have to use Basati brown rice?
Yes, you can use matta rice but grind it coarsely like rava.
Awesome. Regards,
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Hi padhu, I love all your recipes.if I want to try anything new my only ready reckoner is your website. And it always comes out perfectly. Thanks to the clear description n instructions.