Urad dal rice,Ellu thuvaiyal,Avial recipe -TIRUNELVELI LUNCH MENU

உளுந்து சாதம் , எள்ளு துவையல் , அவியல் - Urad dal rice, Sesame seeds chutney and mixed vegetable curry is a famous lunch combo in my native place, Tirunelveli/ Nellai. We usually prepare this lunch menu for teen aged girls during their puberty. On those 5-7 days, these dishes will be in their menu for sure. 

Ulundhu paruppu sadam/Ulundu sadam is for strengthening the bones and nerves, Ellu thuvaiyal is to flush out the toxins from Ovaries and Avial/Aviyal to include the goodness of all vegetables. We never make this rice without this thogayal and avial. Its a very tasty and flavourful meal. My mom makes it at least twice in a month when we were teens. Mom usually makes this with split white urad dal. But I used whole black ones with skin as it is considered to be more healthy. I tried this menu last weekend for the first time. Sendhil loved it a lot. People from South( Madurai, Tirunelveli) must have known about this lunch menu very well.

 
Nellai girls, do try this authentic lunch menu for your family. Everybody will love it.

Urad dal rice & Sesame seeds thuvaiyal

Urad dal rice/Ulundu sadam & Sesame seeds/Ellu thuvaiyal recipe

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Lunch menu

Serves: 2

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

URAD DAL RICE Rice - 1 cup Black or white urad dal - 1/2 cup Grated coconut - 1/4 cup Garlic cloves - 20 nos Salt - as needed Water – 4 cups SESAME SEEDS THUVAIYAL Black or white sesame seeds - 3 tbsp Red chillies - 5-6 nos Tamarind - Small gooseberry size Salt & water - as needed Oil - 2 drops

METHOD

URAD DAL RICE In a kadai or cooker base, add a tsp of oil and roast the urad dal for 3-4 minutes till you get a nice aroma. Add this to the rice and wash them. In a pressure cooker, take the washed rice and dal. To this, add garlic cloves, grated coconut, salt & the required water. Pressure cook for one whistle in low flame. It looks mushy initially but it turns fluffy as it cools down. So this water quantity should be added else urad dal won’t be cooked well. SESAME SEEDS/ELLU THUVAIYAL In a kadai, dry roast the sesame seeds till it splutters. Do in medium low flame. Make sure it don’t burn because thuvaiyal will taste bitter if you burn them. It takes nearly 3-4 minutes. Do it patiently. Remove in a plate. Wash the seeds through a sieve. Muds will settle down.(washing is optional) To the hot kadai, heat a tsp of oil and roast the chillies. Soak tamarind in very little water. In a mixie jar, take the sesame seeds,tamarind,red chillies & salt. Grind it to a smooth, thick paste adding the soaked tamarind water. Remove and serve with rice. Please click this link for Tirunelveli style Avial recipe.

Note

Use white urad dal in place of black dal. Broken or whole variety, anything would be fine. Ellu thuvaiyal can be made using different methods. I’ll soon post the version with coconut & garlic which we make for idli, dosa.

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