How to make red rice & red rice congee (Ukde Seeth, Ukde Pyej Recipe)

In Udupi, Mangalore regions red rice is a staple for lunch, dinner. Red rice congee shows up for breakfast, 11am taneek & dinner in most homes from ages.

Here's how you can make red rice & it's congee:

All you require is rice & water. Pressure cook it until soft. Enjoy congee with salt, ghee on top. Enjoy with a pickle, chutney or upakari or any deep fried papads, vodis, buttermilk chillies, any curry, sukke - dry spicy sides, gojju - watery side or anything that you like.

Strain all the water out to make rice, enjoy rice with anything you like.

You'll see how it's traditionally strained in the video above - vanghalche in Konkani. If you are unable to do it, use a strainer to strain all the water out & collect all the rice.

Duration of soaking the rice, duration of cooking of red rice totally depends on the variety, how much it's been polished.