Indian Traditional Recipes ULUNDHU KALI

From now I given some Indian pure Vegetarian. Traditional Dishes.From this I give Ulundhu Kali dish.Are you hear this Nema before .I think only some one to know.This is very famous in Tamilnadu and Andhra also.

      It have so many names that is Karuppu ulundhu Kali ,Black Gram Porridge and so on.What the name should be I give tradition making of dish. Before going to the Recipe I give some information about it.

    It is very healthy regarding other dishes. It given to the girls during puberty in villages in early days.Its traditionally eaten with Jaggery and Gingely Oil.

   This dish is popular in Sri Lanka also.Urad dal is known for its rich in fiber content and hence enhances digestion and it is helpful in reducing cholesterol. This Kali has been given to girls who have reached puberty also during pregnancy to give the strength to bones and muscles. Kali is a easy to digest food.

Now we go for recipe.

Prepare Time. : 5 min

Cooking Time. : 5 min

Total. : 10 min

INGREDIENTS. :-

• To make ulundhu kali maavu/black urad dal porridge powder

• Black urad dal (whole/split)/Karuppu ulundhu – ½ kg

• Raw rice (Maavarisi/maavu pacharisi) – ½ kg
  To make ulunthankali/black gram porridge

• Kali maavu/urad dal porridge powder – ¾ cup
  Water – 3 cups
  Salt- 3/4 tsp

-   Jaggery/Vellam – as per your taste

• Sesame oil/Gingely oil – as per your taste

HOW TO MAKE KALI MAAVU / BLACK GRAM PORRIDGE FLOUR. :-

      Take a wok and heat it in medium flame. Dry roast the black urad dal until the roasted aroma fills the house and the color of the urad dal changes slightly brown. Cool the roasted gram to room temperature.

     Put the rice and roasted black gram in a container and grind them in a rice-mill. Ask them to grind for ulunthankali so that they’ll know when to stop grinding by looking at the texture of the flour. Kali maavu should neither be soft nor coarse. The ulundhankali maavu texture should be somewhere between coarser and powdery. If you have a nice mixer you can grind it at home but I find the rice-mill machines doing a perfect job.

HOW TO PREPARE ULUNTHANKALI. :-

STEP. 1. :-

   Take 2 cups of water in a wide heavy bottomed vessel.Heat it in medium flame.

STEP. 2. :-

 Meantime,mix salt in another cup of water look like this in given image

STEP. 3. :-

Take the ulunthankali MAAVU in a bowl.Add the salt added water to the flour and make a nice smooth mixture.look like below image

STEP. 4 :-

  The mixture should be in the consistency of idli batter. I make this ulunthankali batter with my hands. You can use egg beater (whisk) to make this ulundhangali batter. See to that there are no lumps in the batter.Now this is in bellow image consistency

STEP. 5. :-

   When the water that is getting heated is hot,reduce the flame to LOW and slowly add this batter into it ,simultaneously we do stirring with ladle, else they will quickly form lumps.we do showing bellow image for this

STEP. 6 :-

   Keep stirring them. Take care else the batter will get burned under leaving a smoked smell. Stir atleast for 3 minutes continuously. [Whenever I make this ulundhakali I used to wonder if we should eat this ulunthankali just to get strong bones and muscles only to stir this batter in order to make perfect kali.Now this is look like this.

You will find the raw smell of the batter vanishing in 1 minute of stirring.

STEP. 7. :-

    You’ll get the wonderful aroma of cooked kali in the 3rd minute. In the 4th minute you’ll find air bubbles making sound [as if they’re sighing for us after the 4 minutes strong stirring :D]. It should take only 5 minutes to cook ¾ cup of ulunthangali.Now this is in this formats .

STEP 8. :-

  Just to cross check if the Kali is perfectly cooked,dip your index finger in normal water.

STEP. 9 :-

   Make a shallow dip into the uluthankali/porridge with the finger. The batter should not get stuck in your finger. Switch off flame.

STEP. 10. :-

   Ulunthankali should be eaten hot/warm.Else,it will become very think in consistency. Noe transfer the hot ulunthankali in to the serving plate.

STEP. 11 :-

  Have normal water by your side. Dip your hand inside the water and make a nice well (not too deep).You don't understand what I am said for this pls follow bellow images.

STEP. 12. :-

  Now add jaggery/vellam into this depression and then sesame oil on it [or first add sesame oil and add jaggery over it]

Now the dish is ready to eat in traditional way.pls cook this dish in your home and give comments how it is.If you like my post pls support me.Thankyou.