Homemade Urad Dal Flour

A quick tutorial on how to make urad dal flour at home! Use this for making tasty snacks like murukku, thattai, seedai and more!

Urad Dal is a very common ingredient in the Indian Pantry. We use it for many purposes. While you can get the urad dal flour in any Indian grocery store, making it at home has its benefits!

The flour made at home is fresh, and you know that it’s unadulterated. Almost always, the snacks we make with store-bought flour doesn’t come out as well as if we were to make the flour at home.

All you need for this recipe is Urad Dal – the white, whole gram. Not the split one, nor the black one. The simple whole urad dal – roast ’em, grind ’em, sift the mixture a few times to get super-fine flour and you’re done! It lasts well in an air-tight container in the fridge for well over 3 months!

Here’s a quick video tutorial on how to make the flour at home –

Now, if you’re planning to make snacks for the upcoming Janmashtami, this flour will come in handy. If you are short of time, you can always buy it from the store.

You don’t even need a recipe for this! It is that easy. 🙂 But still, if you want, here’s the printable version –

Gearing up for Janmashtami? Here are my top 3 picks for this year’s celebration (you’ll need this flour to make these delicious deep-fried goodies!) –

Thattai: My all-time favorite snack that mum makes! While it has been customary to make this every Janmashtami, we’ve also managed to have it made frequently to satiate our afternoon cravings! 😀

Kai Murukku: This twisty little snack requires some serious skill! Do you think you’ve got it in ya? 😉

Uppu Seedai: Little crispy rice + urad dal balls that are typically made only during Krishna Jayanthi! 🙂

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