Uddina Bhaat | Urad Dal Rice | Ulundu Sadam | Uddina Anna
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Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2 people
 
Aromatic and flavourful urad dal rice
Ingredients
  • ½ Cup rice which is cooked
  • Salt to taste
For Masala:
  • ½ Tbsp regular/dhuli/skinless split urad dal
  • ½ Tbsp whole black urad beans/uddina kaalu
  • 1 Tsp black peppercorn
  • 1½ Tbsp desiccated coconut
  • 6-7 curry leaves
  • Few drops of edible coconut oil
For Tadka:
  • 1 Tsp coconut oil
  • ½ Tsp mustard
  • 1 Tsp chana dal/kadale bele
  • 4-5 curry leaves
  • 2 Tbsp groundnuts
Method
  1. Keep the ingredients for masala and tadka in separate plates
  2. In a dry pan, start dry roasting urad dal, whole urad beans and black peppercorn. Let them turn golden
  3. When cooled, dry grind them into a coarse powder
  4. Add desiccated coconut and dry grind again
  5. In same pan, fry curry leaves in a few drops of coconut oil till crisp. Dry grind the crisp curry leaves with the masala and keep aside
  6. In another pan, heat coconut oil
  7. Add mustard and let them splutter
  8. Add chana dal and fry till golden
  9. Add groundnuts and fry them till they change colour and become crisp
  10. Add curry leaves and fry till they lightly crisp up
  11. To this add ground masala powder and mix well
  12. Meanwhile, keep the cooked rice to cool
  13. Add this to the pan with the masala
  14. Add salt as per your taste
  15. Mix well till everything is combined
  16. Serve warm or at room temperature with yellu tuvayil/yellu gojju
Notes
Add only urad dal if you do not have whole urad beans

Add a few golden fried cashews if desired

Use regular cooking oil instead of coconut oil if you wanrt
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/uddina-bhaat/