Uppittu Recipe: This tasty meal will do justice to your taste buds.

Try this delicious dish called Uppittu, you can have it for breakfast, lunch or even dinner and this nutritious yet tasty meal will do justice to your taste buds. You can pair up Uppittu with coconut chutney for a wholesome combo.

Uppittu is prepared with a classic South Indian tadka which is prepared with mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, dry red chilly and curry leaves..

We have added onion, tomato and ginger as veggies in this recipe, however, you can add peas, carrots and other such veggies of your choice.

Many people also add roasted peanuts and cashews to the recipe to make Uppittu tastier.

Uppittu is always served after filling it in a small katori and then inverting it on a plate to form a dome-shaped structure.

Ingredients of Uppittu

3 Servings

1 cup roasted semolina

1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds

1 teaspoon urad dal

1/4 teaspoon asafoetida

1 inch cut into strips ginger

1 teaspoon ghee

1 tomato

1 onion

1 teaspoon chana dal

10 leaves curry leaves

1 dry red chili

salt as required

2 tablespoon rice bran oil

How to make Uppittu

Step 1 Saute the ingredients

Heat oil in a pan. Add asafoetida, mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, curry leaves and dry red chilli. Saute them for 1-2 minutes.

Step 2 Add veggies

Now add chopped onion and ginger. Saute them for a few more minutes. Lastly, add chopped tomato along with salt as per taste. Saute for just a few minutes. Now add 3 cups of boiling water to the pan and mix a bit.

Step 3 Add semolina

Now add roasted semolina to the water and stir continuously to prevent lumps. Keep stirring and add ghee at this step.

Step 4 Let it cook

Let the mixture cook until sooji has absorbed all the water and has turned thick.

Step 5 Ready to be served

Now fill the Uppittu in a small katori and let it hold shape. Now invert the katori on a plate and serve. That's the classic way of enjoying an Uppittu. You can also garnish it with cashews.