Uppu Pindi/Rice Rawa Upma

Uppu pindi orrice rawa upma is a traditional Andhra dish. It is taken instead of rice in the dinner time. It is made with the broken rice or rice rawa. Earlier days rice rawa was not available in the stores but now a days it is available. If it is not available in the stores also there is no problem we can make it very easily. Just soak rice for four to five hours. Drain water and dry it in the shade for one hour. Grind it to a coarsely like suji/semolina. As we get store bought rice rawa, it is better to use it.
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Recipe Category: Breakfast
Recipe Cuisine: Andhra
Serves: 4 people

Ingredients:

• Rice Rawa - 1 cup
• Moong Dal/Green Gram - 1/2 cup
• Green Chillies - 3 
• Ginger - 2" inches long
• Salt - to taste
• Curry Leaves - 5 to 7
• Water - 3 to 4 cups

For Tadka:

• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Mustard Seeds - 1 tbsp
• Black Gram/ Urad Dal - 1 tbsp
• Bengal Gram/ Chana Dal - 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds/ Jeera - 1/2 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Chop green chillies and ginger. 
2. Heat oil in a wide and thick bottomed vessel. Add all the ingredients under 'For Tadka'.
3. Once they start splutter add curry leaves, green chillies and ginger.
4. As they start frying add moong dal. Add water. Do not add salt now.
5. Allow water to boil and the dal to half cooked. At this point add salt.
6. Again let the water boil for a minute in the low flame. 
7. Add rice rawa slowly and gently while stirring continuously to  the boiling water. Do not pour all the rawa at once and mix it. It will form lumpy uppu pindi. 
8. Cover it and cook in the low flame till the rice rawa softens.  Stir it in regular intervals. Cook for 15 to 20 minutes. 
9. Serve rice rawa upma or uppu pindi with ground nut chutney or any spicy pickle.