Rice Flour Savoury Porridge / Biyyam Pindi Upma / Rice Flour Upma Recipe
Challa Pindi, a South Indian style, vegetarian, gluten free, breakfast / dinner recipe which is simple, quick, easy to make. Recipe below has step wise pics and tips too.
Equipment
- 1 Wide Mixing Bowl
- 1 Sauce Pan / Vessel (for stove-top method)
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice Flour / Biyyam Pindi
- 3 cups Buttermilk / Majjiga
- 1 inch piece Ginger / Allam
- 1½ teaspoon Salt (or as per taste)
- 3 tablespoons Cooking Oil
- 2 count Dry Red Chillies
- 4 count Green Chillies
- 5 to 6 count Curry Leaves
- 1 large Onion
Ingredients for Tempering:
- 1 teaspoon Urad dal / Minapappu / Split Black gram
- ¼ teaspoon Mustard seeds / Aavalu
- ½ teaspoon Chana dal / Split Yellow gram dal
- ½ teaspoon Jeera / Cumin Seeds
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon Sesame seeds
Instructions
PREP WORK:
- Cut the green chillies length wise, chop the onions, tomatoes and ginger piece.
- TO MAKE BUTTERMILK: Buttermilk is the liquid form of thick curd/yogurt. You can easily make it, by adding 3 cups of water to 1 cup of curd/yogurt. Just whisk them gently until it forms a liquid consistency.
COOKING:
- Put a medium sized pan on stove top under medium flame. Add the oil and heat it. Add all the items under 'Ingredients for tempering'. Sauté them until they turn golden brown.
- Now, add the red chillies, curry leaves and green chillies to the sautéed items in the pan. After a minute, add all the ginger and onion pieces. Stir fry the onions and let them become transparent.
- In the meanwhile, take the rice flour/ biyyappindi into a bowl. Add the buttermilk to the same bowl. Thoroughly whisk both without any lumps.
- Put the flame to LOWEST possible, slowly add the liquid mix to the pan with left hand. Keep gently stirring continuously with the other hand.
- Add the chopped coriander leaves, keep stirring and stirring gently until everything gets into a thick mass, as shown in the pic above. This takes 3 to 5 mins. At this stage switch the flame off.
Notes
Please see the MAIN POST for recipe with step wise PICS & TIPS!