“Ukda Rice (White Boiled Rice) Bhakri With Onions” … A delicious spiced rice bhakri that can be just relished with a blob of fresh homemade butter or some pickle … I relished it with my freshly prepared pineapple pickle ... Yummy Yumz …
The preparation of bhakri differs from state to state. Both rice and rava are used for the preparation of bhakri and so are flours. I have included many varieties of the same. Do refer to my old recipes using the label or search option and you will find them. So without running into much details of the same, as by now all of you are very well adapted to the methods of preparation of bakri, I will move on to the recipe. The recipe is the same as the ukda rice bhakri recipe I added before. The only variation is I have added on finely chopped onions and spiced it a little with green chilles. You can relish this with just plain butter or some pickle. There is absolutely no need of chutney for this one. However, it is individual choice. Do try out this variation of bhakri, it really is awesome specially for those who love onions like me. You can prepare and store the batter in the fridge way ahead and it remain good for 48 hours. However, the addition of onions should be done freshly just before preparing the bhakri.
Ingredients :
White Ukda Rice / White boiled rice : 3 cups
Coconut : 1 cup finely and freshly grated
Onion : One large sized cut into fine pieces.
Coriander Leaves : a handful finely chopped.
Green Onions : 2-3 cut into fine rings.
Salt to taste.
** Wash and soak the ukda rice in plenty of water for 8 hrs or overnight. Wash again with plenty of water and then grind to a coarse texture with 1 cup of freshly grated coconut (white part only) to a fine rava texture. Add salt to taste and mix well. Do not add more water. Grind the paste with as little water as possible. The ground rice should be thick enough to be able to pat on the tava. However if you need to remove it the next day, refrigerate it immediately and remove it from the fridge well in advance to bring it to a bit of room temperature before you proceed to make the bhakri.
** For Making of Bhakri : Just before preparing the bhakri add in the finely chopped onions, green chillies and coriander leaves and mix well. The batter is ready. Heat a tava to smoking point and then reduce the heat to minimum. Take cricket ball sized amount of ground thick batter, rolling it like a ball in your hand and then keep it in the center of the tava. Pat it gently with hands on a hot tava directly to form small round evenly leveled bhakri. Be careful while doing this to prevent your hand from getting hurt / burnt. Keep dipping you hand in water before you pat the bhakri, this is necessary to avoid the bhakri paste from sticking your palms and also give it a nice round shape. The same can be done on a plastic sheet if one is not confident on making the bhakri directly on tava. Use a clean plastic sheet to make the bhakri, rub is over with little bit of water and repeat the method in the same way as you would have done it on the tava, once you get nice small round bhakri gently / slowly remove it seeing to it that the bhakri does not crack up or break and put on a hot tava.
** Pour some oil on all sides of the bhakri. Let cook on medium heat till cooked on the bottom side and the paste on the upper portion does not stick to your hand when you touch gently. Now pour a little bit oil on top side and slowly flip over the bhakri and cook on the other side too. Do not overcook as the bhakri should remain soft but firm and not crisp nor should it get burnt on any side. The size of the bhakri depends on individual liking. You can make bigger bhakri too, Just take more ground paste for the same. If making small sized ones you can put 5-6 bhakri on tava at a time.
** “Ukda Rice Bhakri With Onions” is done and ready to be serve. You can serve the bhakri hot with butter, jaggery ravo, pickle or any spicy dish if you wish. But this bhakri is usually served with home made butter or jaggery ravo. I however, served this this time with homemade pineapple pickle and butter and it tasted yumz. Do try out this yummy version of bhakri and enjoy it with your family and friends. Children love these bhakri and you can make smaller ones the size of large biscuits and offer them which they are sure to relish with glee. Go ahead and try out and do leave in a comment plz. It helps me do that much more.
** For the Pineapple Pickle Recipe, Please follow the link given below ….
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