September 23, 2017

Ulantha Satham/Black Urad dhall Rice



This is a very traditional one pot meal which is very healthy and tasty.We are using black urad dhall.In this recipe we have used more garlic , if you dont like garlic you can use it less.This is not a spicy dish ,pepper gives aroma,you can add red chillies while seasoning if you want to make a spicy one.

Ingredients

  1. Black split urad dhall -1/2 cup
  2. Rice - 1 cup
  3. Garlic - 8 pods ,skinned
  4. Whole Black pepper - 1/4 tsp
  5. Whole Jeera - 1/4 tsp
  6. Vendhayam / Fenugreek seeds- 1/2 tsp
  7. Hing - 1/4 or less
  8. Coconut - 1/2cup , grated
  9. Curry leaves - 10 leaves
  10. Water- 3 1/2 cups
  11.  Salt as needed
  12. Ghee - 1/2 tbsp
  13. Gingelly Oil - 1 tbsp

Method 


  1. Roast Fenugreek seeds in ghee and keep it separate
  2. Crush Whole Jeera  in your hand and keep it separately.
  3. Dry roast urad dhall for 2 min,just enough for the urad dhall should have some heat (the heat that is bearable for us to touch the dhall , too much roasting will not be good).
  4. Heat oil in Pressure cooker add garlic , roast it till golden brown  then add hing ,curry leaves.
  5. Then add water, rice, urad dhall , coconut, fenugreek seeds , whole jeera, whole black pepper ,salt.Give a stir.
  6. Pressure cook for 2 whistles.
The best side dish is Mutton gravy , sesame seeds chutney , tomato thokku.