Puffed rice upma

Puffered rice as you all know is murmure or Murmuralu or the things that make up rice krispies cereal but ofcourse that rice krispies are loaded with corn syrup and sugar
             This upma I made with the puffered rice brings back so many memories of me playing during those hot summer afernoons during the summer holidays. We would put some puffered rice in water and hear them crackle and imagine as if we were cooking rice and thats the sound of rice getting cooked
             This is a nice variation to you regualar upma. And it tastes great too

Murmure wala Upma (Puffed rice stir fried)

Murmurala upma

Ingredients:

1. 4 cups puffed rice
2. 3 cups water
3. 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, cumin, mustard seeds, finely chopped ginger
4. 1 tablespoon peanuts/ ground nuts, finely sliced onions
5. 1 green chilly chopped
6. 1 tablespoon oil
7. 1/4 teaspoon turmeric, urad dal

Soak the puffed rice in water for 5 minutes. meanwhile heat the oil in a pan and fry the peanuts for a couple of minutes. Add cumin, mustard seeds and urad dals for 3 minutes. Add onions and ginger and green chillies and fry for a couple of minutes. Add salt and turmeric and stir well. Drain the puffed rice and add it to the pan and stir to combine. Cover and simmer on medium heat for 5 minutes. Garnish with cilantro and serve