Sajjige Bajil Recipe - Upma With Poha Combo: Ingredients
Sajjige Bajil Recipe - Upma With Poha Combo: Ingredients
Sajjige Bajil Recipe - Upma With Poha Combo: Ingredients
Author: Sumana
Ingredients
Ingredients for Bajil
Thin rice flakes- 2 cups
Fresh grated coconut- 3/4 cup
Green chillies- 1 no.
Coriander seeds- 1 tsp
Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
Salt- 1/2 tsp
Jaggery- 2 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
To Temper
Coconut oil- 2 tsp
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Split black gram lentils- 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves- Few
To temper
Cooking oil- 6 tsp
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Split black gram lentils- 1/2 tsp
Split chickpea lentils- 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves- Few
Instructions
Preparation
1. Take coriander, cumin seeds and green chilly in mortar and pestle. Crush them together
coarsely and keep it aside.
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Method
1. Next heat a pan with mustard seeds, lentils and curry leaves. Saute till the mustard
splutter, then include crushed ingredients from above step. Saute for few minutes and
switch off.
2. With pan being off the stove, add salt, turmeric powder and grated coconut. Mix well with
your fingers. Then add jaggery and give a quick mix.
3. Finally include rice flakes and combine eveything well. Bajil is ready.
4. To make upma(Sajjige), heat a pan with oil, mustard seeds, black gram lentils and
chickpea lentils. Saute till the lentils turn brown. Next add finely chopped ginger, green
chilles and saute.
5. Next add rava(sooji) and roast it in medium flame for about 5 minutes. When done add salt
and sugar.
6. Keeping the flame at low, include 2 cups of boiling water and let the rava cook. Finally
garnish with fresh grated coconut and switch off.
7. Very popular breakfast of Udupi, sajjige-bajil is ready to serve along with a cup of hot
coffee.
Notes
1. Sauteing the crushed spices in tempering helps to increase shelf life of bajil(poha).
2. The rava upma(sajjige) is prepared in it's basic form with just ginger and green chillies. If
you prefer, you can include some veggies too.
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