Mum's Ulundu Choru Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is one of the signature rice dishes made from black urad dal. It tastes so good with spicy fish kuzhambu or any non-veg kuzhambu.
Mum's Ulundu Choru
This is a common dish in my house. We make it atleast once a month. It is packed with nutrients and health property. There is two version of this, we make kanji out of this. But i love this saadam more than kanji. The perfect sidedish of this is egg avial, roasted coriander thogayal and paruppu. My absolute favorite. Try it and let me know how it turned out..
You can check out my wheat and dal kanji too..
Ingredients for Ulundu Choru
- Rice - 1 cup
- Split Urad dal with Skin on - ¾ cup
- Water - 7 cup
- Dry Ginger Powder / Chukku Podi - 1 tsp
- Coconut - ½ cup grated
- Palm Sugar / Karuppati or Jaggery - 1 tblspn
- Garlic - 10 cloves
- Salt to taste
How to Make Ulundu Choru
- Wash rice and dal very well.
- Take water in a large pot, Bring it to boil.
- Add in rice and dal and mix well.
- Add in all the remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Bring it again to a good boil.
- Cover the pot and simmer for a good 40 to 45 mins till the rice is done.
- Remove and serve.
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Mum's Ulundu Choru Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice
- ¾ cup Split Urad dal with Skin on
- 7 cup Water
- 1 tsp Dry Ginger Powder / Chukku Podi
- ½ cup grated Coconut
- 1 tbsp Palm Sugar / Karuppati or Jaggery
- 10 cloves Garlic
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Wash rice and dal very well.
- Take water in a large pot, Bring it to boil.
- Add in rice and dal and mix well.
- Add in all the remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Bring it again to a good boil.
- Cover the pot and simmer for a good 40 to 45 mins till the rice is done.
- Remove and serve.
Mum's Ulundu Choru Recipe Step by Step
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priya s
Can we make it in pressure cooker??
Aarthi
@priya sYes ofcourse you can make, But the water level would be 5.5 cup to 6 cup
sheela
Can we use skinless split urad dal??? Dish looks yum...
Aarthi
@sheelaurad dal with skin is more nutritious. But you can use skinless dal as well
Radha
Aarthi.. I tried this dish today and it was so yummy, so I wanted to thank you asap. Love you. God bless your family.
Priya
Delicious