Tandulachi Ukaad - traditional breakfast/snack item of kokan

 Tandulachi Ukaad - often made in my house for evening tiffin/snacks . There is a similar version of this dish which is made in MIL'S house called "Mor Kuzhu" . 

Quantity - for 2 people

Ingredients -

Rice flour - 5/6 tbsp

Sour buttermilk - 2 cups 

Green chillies/Mor Molagai - 3/4 as per spice

Curry leaves - one strand 

Hing - to temper

Haldi - to temper

Mustard seeds - to temper

Jeera - to temper

Peanut oil - for cooking

Salt - as per taste 


Procedure -

1. Heat a saucepan . In meanwhile , combine rice flour and buttermilk and mix nicely . Ensure no lumps are formed .

2. Once the saucepan is hot , put oil . Once oil is hot , add tadka items -mustard seeds , jeera , haldi , hing . Fry for a min till the seeds splutter and then add finely chopped green chillies and curry leaves . Fry for another minute .

3. Then add the prepared rice flour and buttermilk mixture and keep the gas flame low medium . Stir everything well and mix with tadka . Add salt as per taste and mix well .

4. If the mixture feels too thick , add more butter milk with gas flame low . If it feels too watery , add couple more tbsp of rice flour .

5. Cover and let it cook for at least 5/8 mins . 

6. After it is cooked , it becomes thick like modak dough . Ensure the consistency is not too thick and not too thin . It should be more like sweet kesari/sheera . 


Serve hot with generous amounts of ghee on top of it . 

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