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Samak Rice Upma
This Samak Rice Upma is a perfect dish for Navratri fasting—it’s light, nutritious, easy to digest, and comforting!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1/2 Cup barnyard millet (samak rice)
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 inch ginger, sliced
- 1 green chilli, chopped
- 5 - 6 curry leaves
- 2 tablespoon peanuts
- 2 tablespoon coconut, sliced
- 1 small size potato, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon rock salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 1 Cup water
- 50 gram paneer, cut into cubes
- handful of chopped coriander
Instructions
- 1
Rinse and soak millet for 2 - 3 hours atleas.
- 2
Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add cumin, peanuts, curry leaves, ginger, chilli, and coconut. Fry for 1 - 2 minutes.
- 3
Drain the soaked Samak rice completely. Add potato, and drained millet to the pressure cooker. Fry them for 30 - 40 seconds.
- 4
Add water, salt, paneer cubes, and pepper. Mix nicely. Close the lid. Pressure cook for 1 whistle over low heat.
- 5
Let steam release naturally. Fluff upma. Add coriander leaves, lemon juice, and ghee.
- 6
Serve samak rice upma warm with sattvic chutney or plain curd.