Check out this delicious South Indian breakfast recipe that will both delight and satisfy your family.
Steamed Rice Balls with Brinjal Gosthu
Steamed Rice balls are also known as Upma kozhukattai. It can be taken with sambar or chutney but tastes heavenly with Brinjal gotsu.
Upma Kozhukattai with Kathirikai Gothsu
Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins
Serves: 2
Ingredients needed for Upma Kozhukattai
Rice Rava – 1 cup
Tur dal – 2 tbsp
Coconut – 1/4 cup (grated)
Salt to taste
For the seasoning
Oil – 3 tbsp
Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp
Asafoetida – a pinch
Red Chillies -3
Curry leaves – few leaves
Ingredients needed for Brinjal Gothsu/Kathirikkai Gotsu
Brinjal -1/4 kg or 250 grams or 2 cups heaped (chopped)
Onion – 3 (medium size) finely chopped or 1 cup
Green chillies – 2
Tomato – 3/4 cup finely chopped
Tamarind – small gooseberry sized ball
Sambar powder – 1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
For the seasoning
Oil – 5 tsp
Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – few leaves
For garnishing
Coriander leaves -2 tbsp finely chopped
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Upma Kozhukattai
Preparing the rice rava-
There are 2 methods to prepare this
1.Grind rice coarsely like rava/semolina in a mixie and sieve it. Use the rice rava for making this dish.
2.Soak rice for 20 minutes. Spread it on a cloth to dry and grind it coarsely like rava. Sieve it and store it. If you have a rice mill near your place, you can get it ground coarsely like rava.
Method
Soak tur dal for 15-20 minutes in hot water. After that, drain the water completely, grind it coarsely and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add asafoetida, red chillies and curry leaves.
Then add ground tur dal and sauté for a few minutes.
Add grated coconut and sauté for 3-4 minutes.
Add 2 cups of hot water and needed salt. The quantity of water will differ (approximately 2-2 1/2 cups for 1 cup of rice rava) according to the quality of rice.
When water starts boiling, lower the heat and add the rice rava slowly with one hand and keep stirring with your other hand.
Cook on medium flame, stirring from time to time until all the water evaporates and the upma leaves the sides of the pan. Leave it to cool.
Dip your hands slightly in water and make oval-shaped balls out of it. (dipping hands in water prevent the upma from sticking to your hands).
Bring water to boil in a steamer or idli cooker, place the kozhukattai on the greased idli mold or steamer.
Steam cook the kozhukattais for 15-20 minutes. (You can use idli cooker or pressure pan for steaming. Do not use weight/whistle for pressure pan while steaming).
Delicious Upma kozhakattai is ready.
Brinjal Gothsu-Kathirikai Gotsu
Preparation
Cut brinjal into small pieces or cubes.
Soak tamarind in 1 1/4 cup of warm water, extract the juice and discard the pulp. Keep it aside.
Method
Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add curry leaves.
Add onions and sauté until it turns transparent.
Add green chillies, chopped brinjals, turmeric powder, salt needed and sambar powder.
Cook covered on low flame stirring from time to time until the brinjals are three fourth cooked. You can sprinkle a little water in between while cooking.
Then add chopped tomatoes and cook until the tomatoes are mushy.
Once tomatoes are cooked, add tamarind extract and boil until the raw flavor goes.
You can add 1/2 tsp of rice flour mixed with a little water, in the end, to thicken if needed but not necessary. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with upma kolukattai.
Serve Upma Kozhukattai with brinjal gothsu. A delicious and easy recipe that you can prepare for dinner or even for lunch. Perfect for vegans and vegetarians.
Note – You can also use store bought idli rice rava.
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