Urad Dal (ulundhu) Rice / Ulundu Choru

Urad dal rice is a delicious indian recipe served as a main dish.. This is a common dish in my house. We make this rice, atleast twice once a month.. So today we will learn how to make a simple urad dal rice and it is match with any nonveg gravy.... Everybody loved it..

I search for some simple recipes in my traditional categories and i choose this rice. It's most popular in south especially in tirunelveli. We often prepare at home either as rice or porridge with few changes. 

But this is totally different and you can gain all the healthy benefits from urad dal, garlic and cumin seeds. And the dish is best match with nattu kozhi kuzhanbu. So you must try this at home and let me tell how it's come out from you.....

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 15 mins

Serve : 4

INGREDIENTS :

Rice - 1 cup

Splited urad dal with skin / ulunthu - 1 1/2 cup

Garlic gloves - 15

Cumin seeds - 1 tspn

Ginger - 1 spn (chopped)

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 spn

Coconut - 1 cup

Curry leaves - as needed

Gingelly oil - 3 spn

Water - 5 cups

METHOD :

• Mix both the rice, urad dal and wash it and keep aside 
• In a pressure cooker add in oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, and toss it for a min.
• Now add ginger, cumin seeds, garlic, curry leaves and toss well in the oil.
• Now add washed rice again toss it in the oil.
• And add in water, coconut, salt and close it with the lid and cook untill 3 whistled.
• Wait for the steam to suppress and fluff it off the rice using ladle.
• Serve hot with nattu kozhi kuzhambu. 
• Click nattu kozhi kuzhambu to view.
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

Take ur ingredients

Combain both rice and dal

In a cooker add oil

Mustard and urad dal

Then add in cumin seeds

Chopped ginger

Some curry leaves

Garlic gloves

Toss them along with the oil

Add in washed rice

Water

Then coconut

Some salt to taste

Cook untill 3 whistles

Open after the steam subside

Serve hot 

Enjoy