Tamil Nadu

Ulundu kali

Name: Ulundu kali
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Tamil
Ingredients: 1/2 cup black urad whole urad (whole black gram); 2 tbsp rice; 3/4 cup karupatti or jaggery jaggery; 1 2/3 cups water; 3 tbsp sesame oil; 1/4 tsp cardamom

Black urad flour cooked with palm jaggery and gingelly oil. Dense, rich and very old.

40 minTime

7 gProtein each

mildSpice

Grandmother's strength sweet3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayKarupatti, black urad and cold pressed gingelly oil.

The original

345kcalsame

7 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

40minutessame

Ulundu kali as Tamil grandmothers make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Whole urad (whole black gram)½ cup black urad

Rice2 tbsp

Jaggery¾ cup karupatti or jaggery

Water1⅔ cups

Sesame oil3 tbsp

Cardamom¼ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Dry roast black urad and rice on low until fragrant. Cool and powder finely.
2Melt jaggery in water and strain.
3Whisk the flour into the syrup without lumps.
4Cook on low, stirring constantly and adding oil a spoon at a time, until it leaves the sides.
5Add cardamom and serve warm, shaped into balls with oiled hands.

Serve it like this

Serve warm balls on a steel plate with a drizzle of sesame oil.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Tamil Nadu

Ulundu kali

Black urad flour cooked with palm jaggery and gingelly oil. Dense, rich and very old.

40 minTime

7 gProtein each

mildSpice

Grandmother's strength sweet3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayKarupatti, black urad and cold pressed gingelly oil.

The original

345kcalsame

7 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

40minutessame

Ulundu kali as Tamil grandmothers make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Whole urad (whole black gram)½ cup black urad

Rice2 tbsp

Jaggery¾ cup karupatti or jaggery

Water1⅔ cups

Sesame oil3 tbsp

Cardamom¼ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Dry roast black urad and rice on low until fragrant. Cool and powder finely.
2Melt jaggery in water and strain.
3Whisk the flour into the syrup without lumps.
4Cook on low, stirring constantly and adding oil a spoon at a time, until it leaves the sides.
5Add cardamom and serve warm, shaped into balls with oiled hands.

Serve it like this

Serve warm balls on a steel plate with a drizzle of sesame oil.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Ulundu kali

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Ulundu kali

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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