Sorghum (Jowar) Undrallu- vegan, gluten free
A nutritious, improved variation of undrallu without the rice.
Equipment
- Blender, idli maker
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole sorghum
- 1/4 cup channa dal
- 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
- 8 curry leaves finely chopped length wise
- 1 3/4 cup water
- salt to taste
Instructions
- The key step in this recipe is making rava out of whole sorghum. Start by soaking one cup jowar in a cup of water for 2 hours. Then drain the water and spread them on a clean towel to dry. You can leave them to dry for an hour or two, depending on the time you have. The longer you wait, the better. The goal is not to have any wetness on the grains.Then take the dried grains in to a blender. Blend on high speed until the grains are ground into a powder. Now take a sieve and let the powdered sorghum from the blender run through it. Any unground grains, or coarser particles will be left in the sieve. You can discard the contents left in sieve. This is the valuable sorghum rava that is home made, that you can store in an airtight jar in a cool dry place.
- Soak the chana dal in 1/2 cup water for 30 min.
- In a slightly deeper pan, once hot on medium heat, add whole cumin seeds. Toast them for 30 sec. Then add the curry leaves. As you feel the aroma of cumin and curry leaves, drain the water from chana dal and add the dal to the pan. Mix the cumin and chana dal for20 sec. Then add 1 3/4 cup water. Let the water start to boil. Then add the jowar rava little by little while continuously stirring with a spoon. Once all the jowar rava is mixed in to the water, add the salt. Keep mixing with a spoon. Then over the next 1-2 min, you will see the mixture come together into a thick mass as the water evaporates. Now take this rava dough into a bowl. The next step is to just make undrallu- the small balls with your hands once the rava is cool enough to touch. You might need to apply a drop of oil to your palms to avoid the rava sticking to your hands. In the meantime, take the idli stand in a idli maker, or find a bowl that you can add the undrallu and then steam in a big bowl or in instant pot or a pressure cooker. Add water to the device you plan on using to steam the undrallu and then carefully place the undrallu either in idli stand or in a wide plate and steam for 8-10 min.
- Serve these super nourishing undrallu with any spicy chutney. The mellow flavors for undrallu will go well with most chutneys made with peanut , coconut, ginger, etc .