Broken Wheat Upma / godhikadi Uppittu / godhikadi pulao

In this post, let us explore how to cook broken wheat upma / godhikadi uppittu / godhikadi pulao. The whole process of preparing it has been divided into 11 steps and I have explained each step using pictures.

Let us start with ingredients.

Ingredients: 1 cup = 250 ml

• Broken wheat / godhi kadi - 1 cup
• Ghee - 1 to 1.5 table spoons
• Onion - 1 medium
• Ginger - 1 teaspoon (after grating)
• Tomato - 1 medium
• Carrot - 1
• Beans - 7 to 8
• Green peas - 1/2 cup
• Capsicum - 1 small
• Green chilly - 1 to 2
• Coriander leaves - 2 table spoons
• Water - 2.75 to 3 cups
• Salt - according to taste

For seasoning:

• Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
• Urad dal - 1 teaspoon
• Peanuts - 1 table spoon
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
• Hing - 1/4 teaspoon
• Curry leaves - 1 strand
• Oil /Ghee - 2 teaspoons
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon

Method:

Step 1. Roast broken wheat (1 cup) with ghee (1.5 tbl spoons) for around 10 minutes or till changes its color. Keep aside.

Step 2. Preparing other ingredients: Grate carrot and ginger. Chop onion, beans, tomato, capsicum and green chilly. Peel off green peas.

Step 3. For seasoning, in a pressure cooker, add peanuts (1 tbl spoon), cumin seeds (1 tspoon), Urad dal (1 tspoon), curry leaves (1 strand), hing (1/4 tspoon) and mustard seeds (1/2 tspoon).

Step 4. Now on LOW flame, add oil / ghee (2 teaspoons) and saute well till mustard splutters.

Step 5. When mustard splutters, add turmeric powder (1/4 tspoon). Saute well.

Step 6. Add chopped green chilly, onion and ginger. Saute well till raw smell disappears. Then add tomato and saute for a minute.

Step 7. Add green peas and chopped beans, capsicum and carrot.

Step 8. Mix well. Saute for a minute.

Step 9. Now add roasted broken wheat / godhi kadi. Mix well.

Step 10. Add water (~2.75 cups), chopped coriander leaves (2 tbl spoons) and salt (according to taste). Mix well.

Step 11. Pressure cook for 3 whistles.

Step 12. Enjoy!

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Tips:

• You can also skip roasting broken wheat. Instead, use 1.25 cups of water for 1 cup of broken wheat.
• Choice of vegetables is left to you

Thanks to Shalini atte for this recipe.

I am also writing on Majjige Huli. Will post it soon.

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