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Ulundu Choru Recipe/Ulundhu Saadam Recipe/Urad Dal Rice Recipe is given below with step-by-step instructions and important tips to make a tasty Ulundu Choru Recipe.

Ulundu Choru Recipe | Ulundhu Choru Recipe | Ulundhu Saadam Recipe | Urad Dal Rice Recipe

Ulundu Choru Recipe/Ulundhu Saadam Recipe/Urad Dal Rice Recipe is a simple, rustic and traditional meal prepared with rice, urad dal and spices. It is a one-pot meal you can easily make this Ulundu Choru Recipe within 30 minutes and serve it as a healthy lunch meal. The Ulundu Choru Recipe/Ulundhu Saadam Recipe/Urad Dal Rice Recipe is given below with step-by-step instructions and important tips to make a tasty Ulundu Choru Recipe.

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Before moving on to the Ulundu Choru Recipe. Let's know about -

What is Ulundu Choru (Urad Dal Rice)?

Ulundu Choru is a rice-based traditional dish from South India, particularly from the state of Tamilnadu. It is one of the popular rice dishes made throughout the Tirunelveli (Nellai) and Kanyakumari districts of Tamilnadu state.

Ulundu Choru is a simple and healthy one-pot meal prepared with rice, urad dal and spices. What is unique about this Ulundu Choru Recipe is the use of Split urad dal with skin. Generally, split urad dal with skin is mostly used in North Indian curry recipes. However, this South Indian rice-based split urad dal with skin recipe is a unique, tasty and very nutritious dish.

You can serve this recipe with any vegetarian and non-vegetarian curries. I would like to eat this dish with village-style karuvadu kuzhambu.

If you are new to the "Split Urad Dal With Skin/Chilkewali Urad Dal/Udacha Karuppu Ulundhu" ingredient. No worries. I have already written a detailed article about it. Kindly, click the below link to check out -
🔗Split Urad Dal With Skin/Chilkewali Urad Dal/Udacha Karuppu Ulundhu

All right, let's move on to the Ulundu Choru Ingredients followed by the recipe and important tips to make a tasty Ulundu Choru Recipe.

Ulundu Choru Ingredients/Urad Dal Rice Ingredients

Ulundu Choru/Urad Dal Rice is a simple and easy recipe made with rice preferably idli rice and split urad dal with skin as the main ingredients and flavoured with various spices like garlic, fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds, dry red chilli, dry ginger powder, curry leaves and salt. Ulundu Choru/Urad Dal Rice recipe also includes freshly grated coconut and sesame oil for the taste and aroma.

How to make urad dal rice in a pressure cooker/How to make ulundu choru in a pressure cooker?

Ulundu Choru Recipe/Ulundhu Saadam Recipe/Urad Dal Rice Recipe is a simple, rustic and traditional meal prepared with rice, urad dal and spices. It is a one-pot meal you can easily make this Ulundu Choru Recipe within 30 minutes and serve it as a healthy lunch meal with any vegetarian and non-vegetarian curries.

Cuisine - South Indian
Serving - 3
Timing - 30 minutes

INGREDIENTS

Idli Rice - 1 cup
Split Urad Dal With Skin - 1/2 cup
Water - 5 cups
Coconut (grated) - 1/2 cup

FOR SEASONING

Garlic - 8
Cumin Seeds - 1 teaspoon
Fenugreek Seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
Dry Ginger Powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Dry Red Chilli - 1
Salt - to taste
Sesame Oil - 2 tablespoons

INSTRUCTIONS

1. To begin making the Ulundu Choru Recipe/Urad Dal Rice Recipe - Heat a pan over a moderate flame and add split urad dal with skin and dry roast for 2-3 minutes or until a nice aroma appears.

2. Transfer to a bowl along with rice and wash together for 3-4 exchanges of water and soak for 10 minutes.

3. To Cook - Heat sesame oil in a pressure cooker over a moderate flame and add garlic fry for a minute and then add dry red chilli, cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds and fry for a few seconds.

4. Meanwhile, boil 5 cups of water in a pan.

5. Now add soaked rice and urad dal, salt, grated coconut and dry ginger powder to the pressure cooker and fry for a minute then add boiling water and mix well.

6. Check for the salt and close the lid and keep the flame at medium heat and pressure cook for 5 whistles.

7. Turn off the flame and allow the pressure to subside gradually.

8. Open the lid and gently mix the rice.

9. Ulundu Choru Recipe/Ulundhu Saadam Recipe/Urad Dal Rice Recipe is ready.

You can serve this Ulundu Choru Recipe/Ulundhu Saadam Recipe/Urad Dal Rice Recipe with any vegetarian or non-vegetarian curries for a lunch meal.

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Important tips to make a tasty Ulundu Choru Recipe

1. If you do not have idli rice you can use any type of rice for this recipe. If you are using regular parboiled rice make sure to use water accordingly.

2. Ulundu Choru should be slightly mushy so use the water accordingly.

(For idli rice, water should be 1:2.5 to 3 ratio and for parboiled rice, water should be 1:2 to 2.5 ratio).

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