Urad Dal Idiappam / Ulundhu Suvali / Dal Idiappam / Ulundhu idiappam - A Srilankan Dish

Urad Dal Idiappam/ Ulundu Suvali

Yields: - 4 big idiappams

Ingredients

Store bought rice flour - 1/2 cup
Urad dal - 1/4 cup
Yellow moongh dal - 2 tbsp
Salt a pinch

Method

Heat a pan add urad dal and dry roast till nice aroma comes out, remove it to a plate. Do not fry till brown.
Same way dry roast moongh dal till slightly colour change. Do not over fry and burn them.
Dry roast rice flour till its just hot.
Take a mixi jar and dry grind urad dal and moongh dal together to a fine powder, sieve the flour.
Mix the dal flour and rice flour,take a clean cloth add both the flours tie it and steam for 2 to 3 minutes.
Cool and crumble the flours now your dal idiappam flour is ready to use.
This flour will have a strong flavour of moongh and urad dal.
Take needed flour in a bowl add a pinch of salt, pour boiling water little by little till you form a soft dough. Put the dough into the idiappam maker.
Grease idiappam plates and press the dough into the plates.

Steam them till cooked.

How to eat Idiappam

a) Have this healthy urad dal idiappam with any spicy  gravy or kurma.
b) You can crumble the idiappam add some grated coconut,1 tsp ghee and some sugar or jaggery,mix and enjoy.
c) Using the crumbled idiappam make lemon sevai. vegetable upma or tomato idiappam.
d) You can make egg idiappam too just add the crumbled idiappam to crumbled egg puttu,mix and enjoy.

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