Karnataka Style Mandakki Usli Recipe (Puffed Rice Upma)

Mandakki Usli served on a brown plate garnished with coriander leaves and lemon on side

4.72 from 14 votes

Karnataka Style Mandakki Usli Recipe (Puffed Rice Upma)

Mandakki Usli Recipe (puffed rice upma) is a simple Karnataka style breakfast made with soaked puffed rice, onions, groundnuts and curry leaves and is typically relished along with mirchi bajji and chai.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Indian, Karnataka, South Indian

Keyword borigulu, churmuri susla, mandakki usli, puffed rice upma, uggani

Diet Vegan

Method Stovetop

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings

Calories 160kcal

Author Bhavana Patil

Ingredients

8 cups puffed rice/murmura/mandakki
2-3 tablespoons oil
¼ cup peanuts
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 stalk curry leaves
2-3 green chillies finely chopped
2 medium onion finely chopped
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
salt to taste
juice of half lemon
2 tablespoons coriander leaves
2 tablespoons grated coconut (optional)
2-3 tablespoons putani/dalia/fried gram powder
½ teaspoon sugar (optional)

Instructions

Firstly, soak the puffed rice in the water for about 2 minutes. Then, squeeze out the water and keep the soaked puffed rice aside.
**Note: Make sure it doesn’t soak much water and turn mushy.
Make a fine powder of putani/dalia split/fried gram and keep aside.
Heat the oil in a Kadai. When it's hot, add peanuts and fry until golden brown.
Then add mustard seeds let them splutter. Next, add curry leaves, green chilies and saute for a few seconds.
Add onion, salt, turmeric, and saute for about 2-3 minutes until the onion becomes translucent.
Then, add the juice of half a lemon and mix well. Mandakki oggarane is ready.
To the Oggarane, add puffed rice (make sure there is no water), coriander leaves, grated coconut (optional), and mix well.
Lastly add fried gram powder, sugar (optional) and toss everything well and turn off the gas.
Serve mandakki usli with chilli bajji and hot chai.

Notes

You can add finely chopped veggies like carrots, beans, and capsicum to make it healthier.

The secret ingredient to getting an authentic mandakki usli/susla taste is by adding fried gram/putani powder. So don't skip it.

Taste also depends on the puffed rice variety and quality. I do not prefer using mysore mandakki for this recipe.

More the onion tastier the mandakki usli is.

Note: Nutrition values are my best estimates. If you rely on them for your diet, use your preferred nutrition calculator.

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