ULAVA GUDALU
A quick and healthy stir fry using boiled horse gram, onions, and seasoned with very basic spices.
Servings: 4 Servings
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
- Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 cup Horse gram washed and soaked overnight
- ½ Onion thinly sliced
- 2 no Green chili slit
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- ½ tsp Mustard seeds
- ½ tsp Cumin seeds
- ½ tsp Turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil
- 1 tbsp Cilantro finely chopped
Instructions
Prepping
- Wash and soak the horse gram/ ulavalu overnight or upto minimum of 6 hours in hot water.
- Later add the horsegram along with the soaked water into the pressure cooker, add more 2 cups of water, tbsp of salt and pressure cook for 3 whistles. You can alternatively pressure cook the ulavalu/horse gram in Instant pot on high pressure for 15 min.
- Later the pressure release naturally, then strain the water from the boiled horse gram and save for later. Ps., do not throw away the water in which we boiled horse gram, as it is very nutritious. You can use this liquid as broth to make soup, or make rasam with it.
Let's prepare Ulava gudalu now!!
- Heat a skillet, add oil and once its hot add in mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, slit green chilies and let them splutter for a minute.
- Now add in finely chopped onion, turmeric powder and saute until they turn translucent. Note - we need not brown the onions, they should be firm yet cooked.
- Add the strained boiled horse gram/ulavalu to the pan, salt to taste and mix well. cook until the water evaporates.
- Add in chopped cilantro and serve warm Ulava gudalu as it is or as an accompaniment with rice/rotis.
