Buttermilk Upma

Also called as 'Challa rotti' or challa upma or challa billalu or majjiga billalu in Telugu.

(Challa means buttermilk)

It tastes awesome. We all love this.When i first prepared this my two brothers said 'prepare this whenever buttermilk is left'. :)

Preparation time : 2 to 4 hours + 15 mins
Serves : 2

Ingredients :

Rice ravva (or) sojje morum : 1
Sour butter milk : 4
Onion : 1 finely chopped
Garlic cloves : 10 small
Salt : to taste
For seasoning :
Urad dal : 1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds : 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves : one spring
Green chili's : 2 or to taste
Red chili's : 2 or to taste

Method :

For a good upma, you definitely need sour buttermilk.
Soak rice ravva in buttermilk for 2 to 4 hours.
Soaking is compulsory because you are not going to cook it much.
Cook entire thing in slow flame.
Take a pan , heat it, add 4 tsp of oil.
Add ingredients listed for seasoning one by one.
Add garlic and saute it till colour changes, then add chopped onion and saute it till it becomes golden brown.
Now add  this rice ravva and butter milk mixture.
And cook the mixture till it thickens.
Take off from the flame and pour it in a plate.

If you want to eat it as it is you can have it like that.

If you want them in the form of pieces then after pouring it in the plate , let it cool down and then cut into pieces.

Serve hot or cold , as it is or with any pickle.