Borugula Upma | Uggani |Puffed Rice Upma| Breakfast

South Indian Breakfast Recipe: Borugula Upma

Servings: 3

Duration: 20 mins

Puffed rice Upma/ Borugula upma is a special breakfast in Rayalaseema region, Andhra Pradesh 🇮🇳

It is a staple food and relishing freshly homemade breakfast is healthy, this breakfast recipe can called in other names such as Uggani/ Murmura Upma it varies between region but the process is same you can frequently find as a breakfast in restaurants/ street food in these regions Cuddapah, kurnool, Anantapur, chitoor districts in Andhra Pradesh state.

While serving it in these districts again varies, i throughly observed in kurnool it served with Mirchi Bajji, tastes awesome you can tryout in this way and the variation in cuddapah district it’s served with Spicy Roasted Chickpea Powder/ podi. Both are different in taste, I hope you could try and experience the taste of this lovely breakfast from south India 🇮🇳

Let’s start with ingredients and follows Procedure

Ingredients:

Puffed Rice/ Murmura/ Borugullu – 200 gms
Onion – 1 medium – finely chopped
Tomato – 1 medium – finely chopped
Dessicated / Shredded coconut – 3 tb sp
Green chillies – 5 – sliced
Tamarind pulp – 1 lemon size – Soaked in water & Squeezed
Salt – 1 1/2 tsp
Cilantro – 1/3 cup – washed and chopped

For tempering:

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Urad Dal – 1 tb sp
Chana dal – 1 tb sp
Curry leaves – 8-10 leaves
Oil – 1/4 cup – 60 ml

Procedure:

Pre-preparation:

Wash Murmura/ Borugulu in large and wide bowl & soak them in fresh water ( repeat this step twice)
Next, check the puffed rice is soft & smooth by pressing it between two fingers.
If it is soft & smooth then squeeze water and take out Murmura/Borugulu in another bowl ( as shown in picture)
Now Murmura is ready to make for breakfast. This is the basic step

Process of making Borugula Upma:

Heat skillet pan/ deep fry pan over medium heat
Add oil and tempering.. Saute 1 mins
Next add green chillies and Onions
Saute 2 minutes or till they become translucent
Add turmeric powder, salt and tomatoes
Mix well and cover with lid
Cook 2 to 3 mins and add tamarind pulp, salt & desiccated coconut
Mix well and Murmura
Gradually mix and add chopped cilantro .. mix well and cover with lid
Reduce heat to low and cook 5 mins
Turn off heat and gently mix then serve this breakfast with Pappulu Podi
Happy Cooking 👩🏻‍🍳& Have a nice day ☀️

Step by step process shown below with pictures:

Note:

Adjust spices and salt as per taste
To enjoy the taste, best to serve immediately
Murmura comes in two ways.. one is Normal Murmura and other one lightly salted Murmura (as shown in picture) I used salted variety
I added green chillies and desiccated coconut as is but you can also blend them together in mixer if you are using fresh coconut & it tastes great