Urad dal modak. Urad dal modak recipe, where grounded urad dal is roasted and later combined with sugar, mawa and nuts. Truly a delicious and lip smacking treat. The festive season has just started.

Make these super simple and delicious Ulundu Kozhukattai also known as Urad Dal Modak or Uppu Kozhukattai for the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. Heat oil in a pan for deep frying the sugiyans. Take each filling ball and coat it with urad dal batter and gently drop it in hot. You can cook Urad dal modak using 12 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Urad dal modak

Prepare of For the Urad Dal filling:.
You need 1/2 cup of Urad Dal.
You need 2 of Green Chilies.
Prepare 1 strand of Curryleaves.
You need 1/4 tsp of Hing.
You need 1 tsp of Salt.
It's 1/4 tsp of Turmeric powder.
Prepare 1 tsp of Sesame Oil.
You need of For Outer layer:.
Prepare 1 cup of Raw rice.
Prepare 1& 1/2 cup of Water.
Prepare 1/8 tsp of Salt.

Tadka urad dal was a favored lentil dish in my family while I was growing up. Dal is a staple dish in Indian meals and, for most Indian vegetarians, a frequent source of protein. Recipe of urad dal is easy and best among urad dal recipes. Urad dal recipe is a tasty North Indian style split black gram preparation served with rice, roti and parathas.

Urad dal modak step by step

Soak Urad dal for 1 hr..
Drain and grind along with green chilies, salt, hing, curry leaves to a coarse mix..
Make flat discs and steam for 10 mins..
Then grate to a fine powder using a fork..
Heat a pan with oil. Add mustard seeds..
When mustard seeds splutters, add turmeric powder and urad mix..
When the filling is ready, make the outer layer with the rice dough..
Soak raw rice in water for 3 hours..
Grind this in a mixie into a very nice batter..
Let the batter be in the consistency of neer dosa batter..
In a pan add sesame oil, rice batter and pinch of salt..
Mix well using a ladle without any lumps..
When the water evaporates, the batter comes to a dough consistency..
Switch off the flame and keep the dough covered with a wet cloth..
Once it is warm you can start making the modakams..
Pinch out a small ball of rice dough, grease your palm with oil, flatten the dough to a small disc..
Place a spoonful of savory filling, close the disc as a half moon..
Press on the edges in a crisscross way, to make sure the filling doesn’t come out..
When you are done with all of them, steam them for 10 mins..
Allow it to cool and serve..

Each method has its own unique taste. Having urad dal flour ready at home is easy for making murukku, seedai and many indian snacks. We can make it at home and store it and use whenever needed. Mostly grown in the southern regions of South Asia, Urad Dal is extensively used while preparing Indian cuisine. Taste and add more/less dhaba tadka mix as per your taste buds.