Idea #26: Uppu, Tuppa, Anna (Salt, Ghee and Rice)

It seems this was MGR’s favourite dish. If that is really true then he must have been a man of simple but great taste for food.

Uppu, Tuppa, Anna translates to Salt, Ghee and Rice and quite literally these are the only 3 ingredients in this dish (apart from the potato chips which is optional, but in MGR’s version chips was a key ingredient)

Here’s how you prepare this humble dish.

1. Take hot steaming rice

2. Add generous amounts of ghee (couple of table spoons for a plate of rice)

3. Add little salt to taste

4. Crush a handful of fresh store bought potato chips (take the spicy version from any of the hot chips store….not packed ones like ‘lays’ etc) and mix it with the rice

5. Eat when its hot and fresh

And there you have it. One of the simplest and tastiest rice dishes, one that was loved by the most famous Tamil hero.