Homemade urad dal flour is easy to make at home, which is an essential ingredient to make lot of Indian snacks for kids and few recipes for babies too.
How to use this urad dal flour?
This urad dal flour can be given to babies of age eight months plus. You could use this urad dal flour in below ways.
- Use this powder to make a sweet or salt porridge. Check this recipe for porridge preparation. Just replace the Homemade Cerelac powder mix with this urad dal flour.
- Add this urad dal powder to all types of instant dosa or pancakes to make it soft. Check some instant dosa recipes here: Dosa Recipes
- Use to make lot of sweet & savory snacks for toddlers and kids like urad dal halwa, urad dal ladoo, murukku, seedai, thattai etc. I will share some recipes soon.
Here is how to make homemade urad dal flour.
Homemade urad dal flour Recipe for babies, toddlers and kids | How tomake urad dal flour at Home
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Homemade Urad dal Flour - homemade urad dal preparation for making porridge's and Indian snacks
Author: Kalyani
Recipe type: Baby Food
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- White whole urad dal - ½ cup
Instructions
Preparation
- Measure the urad dal using a measuring cup & keep it ready. Wash urad dal and drain the water completely. Dry the urad dal under sun or shade for few hours or until it's completely dry. Washing and drying the urad dal is completely optional. You can skip this step too.
Method
- After sun drying the urad dal, dry roast the urad dal in a pan in low flame for 5 minutes or until it's slightly brown. Remove from the pan and cool it down.
- Take the roasted Urad dal to a dry mixer jar and blend it to a smooth powder.
- Sieve the powder well. Again grind the coarse powder after sieving, repeat if necessary. Then roast the sieved flour in a pan, until nice aroma comes. Cool it down and store in a air tight container.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: ½ Cup
Preparation :
1. Measure the urad dal using a measuring cup & keep it ready. Wash urad dal and drain the water completely. Dry the urad dal under sun or shade for few hours or until it’s completely dry. Washing and drying the urad dal is completely optional. You can skip this step too.
Procedure :
1. After sun drying the urad dal, dry roast the urad dal in a pan in low flame for 5 minutes or until it’s slightly brown. Remove from the pan and cool it down.
2. Take the roasted Urad dal to a dry mixer jar and blend it to a smooth powder.
3. Sieve the powder well. Again grind the coarse powder after sieving, repeat if necessary. Then roast the sieved flour in a pan, until nice aroma comes. Cool it down and store in a air tight container.
Homemade urad dal powder is ready!
Notes :
- You can store this urad dal flour in airtight container and keep it in refrigerator. It stays well 3 months if handled properly.
- Make sure the urad dal is completely dry before grinding.
- Make sure you cool down completely after roasting & blending. Otherwise it will let out moisture.
- You can also grind this powder in mill if you are preparing larger quantities.
- Always check with your pediatrician before introducing any new food.
Frank Perron says
November 14, 2015 at 11:53 amAfter completing 6 months we try solid foods for our baby, most probably pulses, boiled vegetables and boiled rice. Apart from these ingredients we should also trying proteins in our baby's diet plans and here we can get pulse which is a great source of protein and provide good immune system and good health. I would like to follow some of the ingredients from here in order to feed my baby.
Febi says
February 20, 2017 at 5:14 pmHow can I give this to my 10 month old baby????
Kalyani says
February 22, 2017 at 10:17 amYou can give as urad dal porridge. Check recipe here
https://gkfooddiary.com/urad-dhal-porridge-recipe-for-babies/
Replace whole urad dal with this powder
Gia says
February 16, 2018 at 2:53 pmhi can this powder be used along wtih rice flour to make fermented idli dosa batter?
gkfooddiary says
February 16, 2018 at 10:47 pmyes you can make instant idlies with this urad dal flour and rice flour.. also add ground poha to ensure softness