Ukadpendi Recipe is a healthy breakfast made of whole wheat flour. It’s a popular Indian Maharashtrian Recipe, which is a quick and healthy breakfast option. Serve it with tea or coffee for a wholesome breakfast.
Ukadpendi is a Maharashtrian style spiced whole wheat flour recipe, usually served for breakfast. Ukad in Marathi means ‘to steam’. Ukadpendi is made by steaming whole wheat flour along with the water and buttermilk.
The buttermilk and the spices adds a nice flavour to the whole wheat flour. You can also use jowar or Ragi or Rice flour instead of whole wheat flour. Traditionally it is garnished with coriander leaves and chopped onions, you can also add some nylon sev on the top.
Serve it hot along with pickle or chutney. It can also be eaten alone. It’s a wholesome breakfast, which keeps your stomach full for long time.
Ukadpendi Recipe
Equipment
- Kadai(Wok)
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 Cup Jowar Flour
- 2 Medium Sized Onions chopped
- 1 Tomato chopped
- 2-3 Green Chillies finely chopped
- Curry leaves
- 1 tsp sesame seeds(Till)
- 1 tsp Carom Seeds(Ajwain)
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds(Jeera)
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- 3 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder(Haldi)
- Salt to taste
- 3 teaspoons Oil
- 1/4 cup Buttermilk/Curd
- 2-3 cups Water
- 2 tbsp Roasted Peanuts (Moongphali)
- 1 tsp Sugar
- Corainder Leaves, chopped to garnish
Instructions
- To start making Ukadpendi, firstly keep 2-3 cups of water for boiling, we need this to avoid lumps while mixing it with flour.
- Heat oil in a kadai/wok and add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds, and let them splutter. Once they splutter add the chopped onions and let it cook till translucent, then add curry leaves, chopped green chillies cook for 2 mins and add chopped tomatoes and let it cook.
- Meanwhile in a bowl add whole wheat flour and Jowar flour along with sesame seeds and carom seeds and mix well. Keep this flour mix aside.
- Now check the tomatoes are cooked and add some chopped coriander into the kadai and mix well. Keep the flame on medium. Add red chilli powder and turmeric powder and mix well.
- Now add the flour mix into the kadai and mix it well with the ingredients. Keep stirring the mixture in the kadai, roast it well for 5 mins. Add the roasted peanuts in it and keep roasting for another 5 mins till you smell the aroma(don’t overcook).
- Now add the buttermilk/curd in it and mix, cook for 10 mins while stirring. Now add 1 cup of warm water into it and mix well. Keep stirring to avoid the lumps formation. After a min add ½ cup of warm water and keep stirring the mix. Again add ½ cup of warm water, mix well and cover it with the lid to cook on steam.
- Check the Ukedpendi in the kadai and mix well again. Now add sugar, chopped coriander and mix well.
- Once done turn off the heat and transfer Ukadpendi into serving bowl. Serve it with the chopped onions and lemon. You can also topped it with some nylon sev.
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