Ulundogorai is a Spicy Urad Dal flavoured Rice that is offered as naivedyam at Srirangam Temple in Trichy. This rice dish is very easy to make and can be packed for the lunch box as well.
In many of the temples, we have our traditional dishes offered as prasadam and these rice dishes are no onion no garlic based. This Ulundorai or Ulundogorai makes a wonderful option for the lunch box as well.
Ulundu means Urad dal and ogorai refers to tempered rice. This was one of the dishes I made together where the spice powders were roasted and made in bulk. Ellu Sadam was the other one, while the third one is yet to be shared. I had referred a handful of sites before making this dish and changed the measurement to our needs. I basically made this quite spicy. So you can reduce the red chili as per your taste.
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Step By Step Pictures for making Ulundogorai
Ulundogorai | How to make Urad Dal Rice
Ingredients Needed:
For the Rice
1 cup Rice
Salt to Taste
2 cups Water
For the Spice Powder
1 tsp Cooking oil
1 tsp Peppercorns
3 tbsp Urad Dal
4 Dry Red Chillis
For Seasoning
3 tsp Cooking Oil
A Pinch Asafoetida / Hing
1/2 tsp Urad Dal Split
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1/2 tsp Chana dal
Handful Peanuts roasted
5-7 Cashew nuts
6 to 7 Dry Red Chilies
1 Sprig Curry leaves
2 tsp Ghee
Wash and soak the rice for 15 to 20. Cook as you regular cook. Spread on a plate for it to cool down.
Heat a nonstick pan with oil and roast the ingredients for the spice powder. Allow it to cool down and grind to a smooth powder.
For seasoning, heat a Kadai with oil and temper with all ingredients listed one after the other and saute well.
Finally add the rice, salt and combine well.
Offer as prasadam and partake.
Recipe
Ulundogorai | How to make Urad Dal Rice
Ingredients
For the Rice
- 1 cup Rice
- Salt to taste
- 2 cups Water
For the Spice Powder
- 1 tsp Cooking Oil
- 1 tsp Peppercorns
- 3 tbsp Urad Dal
- 4 Dry Red Chillies
For Seasoning
- 3 tsp Cooking Oil
- A Pinch Asafoetida / Hing
- 1/2 tsp Urad Dal Split
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/2 tsp Chana Dal
- Handful Peanuts roasted
- 5 - 7 Cashew Nuts
- 6 - 7 Dry Red Chillies
- 1 Sprig Curry Leaves
- 2 tsp Ghee
Instructions
How to make Urad Dal Rice
- Wash and soak the rice for 15 to 20 mins. Cook as you regular cook. Spread on a plate for it to cool down.
- Heat a nonstick pan with cooking oil and roast the ingredients for the spice powder. Cool down and grind to a smooth powder.
- For seasoning, heat a kadai with cooking oil and temper with all ingredients listed one after the other and saute well.
- Finally add the rice, salt and combine well.
- Offer as prasadam and partake.
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Suma Gandlur says
Temple prasadams though simple taste awesome with that divine touch. Ulundogorai sounds flavorful.
Gayathri Kumar says
This one is so good Valli. I made the urad dal idli podi yesterday. I guess I can use it for this. Will try this for Sruti.
Vaishali Sabnani says
How interesting ! The urad dal powder with other spices must be so yum . You all have advantage of using these podis in rice to make them so flavourful ! Seriously I would never ever think on these lines . Absolutely wonderful !
Sharmila Kingsly says
Such a chatpata dish .looks equally yummy and delicious..must try for my lunch dabba soon...
harini says
Wow! This is the first time I learnt about Ulundogorai. Very flavorful. Bookmarked.
Sushma Pinjala says
Adding udad dal powder to rice dish must have given a very nice flavor and taste to the dish. Book marked
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
I didn't know this was made in Srirangam temple. This sounds flavorful and I have book marked it to try.
Swati says
I make Chilka Urad dal Khichdi, never made rice using dhuli/gota urad.. sounds interesting satvik recipe.
Renu says
Wow a masala with urad dal and then add it to the rice. I have urad dal gota, bought it to make podi, and now lying in my pantry. would like to try this version of rice.