Vegetable Akki Upma (South Indian Rice Upma With Veggies)
Vegetable Akki Upma is a beloved South Indian (Tamil/Kannada) one-pot breakfast where broken rice cooks with mixed vegetables — carrot, green peas, green beans, onion, tomato — and is tempered with mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, ginger, green chili, and curry leaves in oil with a final dollop of ghee. Light, fluffy, fragrant, and protein-rich (from the dal tempering). Served with mosaru bajji (curd raita), coconut chutney, or pickle.
Ingredients
Main
- Sunflower Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
- Tomato — 1 piece (chopped)
- green chillies — 4 piece (chopped)
- green peas — 0.25 cup (chopped)
- Carrot — 1 piece (chopped)
- rice — 1 cup (ground)
- Coriander Leaves — 1 piece (chopped)
- onion — 1 piece (chopped)
- salt (optional) (whole)
- Ginger — 1 piece (grated)
- green beans — 5 piece (chopped)
- Ghee — 1 tbsp (whole)
Tempering
- Curry Leaves — 1 piece (ground)
- Chana Dal — 1 tbsp (whole)
- white urad dal — 1 tbsp (whole)
- Mustard Seeds (Black) — 1 tsp (whole)
Method
- To begin making the Vegetable Rice Upma recipe, soak raw rice in a bowl of water for about 2 hours.
- Drain the water and spread the rice on a kitchen towel until the moisture is absorbed.
- Transfer this rice to a mixer and grind it coarsely, to the consistency of regular rava.
- Ensuring you do not blend it into fine powder.In a pressure cooker, add the chopped vegetables - carrot, beans, peas with a pinch of salt and two tablespoons of water, and pressure cook for one whistle.
- Turn off the flame and instantly release the pressure.
- Transfer the vegetables and keep them aside.Heat oil in a kadai, on medium heat , add mustard seeds and wait till they crackle.
- Add urad dal, chana dal and saute for a minute or till they turn golden brown.Next add sliced onions, green chillies, ginger pieces and curry leaves and saute till onions turn translucent.Add tomatoes and cook till they are soft and mushy.
- This will take about 2 minutes.Now add salt to taste, and the cooked veggies, stir and cook for about a minute.To this add 2 1/2 cups of hot water and wait till the water comes to a rolling boil.Reduce the flame and add the freshly ground rice rava to the boiling water.
- Stir it well, cover the cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Open the lid and add dash of ghee, turn off the flame.
- Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.Serve Vegetable Rice Upma with South Indian Coconut Chutney followed by Kumbakonam Filter Coffee Recipe for a traditional South Indian breakfast.
Common questions
- What is ತರಕಾರಿ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟು in English?
- ತರಕಾರಿ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟು is written Vegetable Akki Upma (South Indian Rice Upma With Veggies) in English.
- How many calories in one plate of Vegetable Akki Upma (South Indian Rice Upma With Veggies)?
- 349 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 45 min — 20 min prep, 25 min cooking.