Uggani is a puffed rice dishthat can be had for breakfast or as a snack. We added this recently into our rotation and I love it. It is a tasty dish that comes together pretty quickly and worth the attempt.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup roasted chana dal
• 2-3 dry red chilli – based on spiciness
• 1 medium onion – chopped
• 1 medium tomato – chopped
• 1 green chilli – finely chopped
• Roasted peanuts – 4 tbsp
• Curry leaves – 1 sprig
• Turmeric – 1/4 tsp
• Oil – 4 tbsp
• Murmura – 3.5 cups
• Salt – to taste

Recipe

• Add 2 tbsp of oil to a kadhai and add chana dal and red chili to it and roast until dal turns light brown
• Add a sprig of curry leaves to this.
• Let it cool and grind to a coarse powder
• Add the remaining oil to a kadhai and add the chopped onion to it.
• Soak the murmura for about 4-5 mins
• Add roasted peanuts to the oil and chopped onion
• Add salt to this and chopped tomato to this. Cook until onion and tomato mixture soften
• Squeeze the soaked murmura out of water and add it to the onion and tomato mixture now
• Mix it all well and cover to cook on low flame for about 3-4 mins
• Add the ground chana dal powder to this, mix and cover to cook on low flame for about 2 minutes
• Uggani done!

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