Ukadpendi is a rustic Maharashtrian style spiced Rice flour porridge, usually served for breakfast. Ukad in Marathi means ‘to boil’ .Ukadpendi is made by boiling rice flour in a mixture of water and buttermilk. The buttermilk adds a nice tang to the spiced porridge. You can also use Wheat,Jowar,Ragi flour instead of Rice flour.Traditionally groundnuts and a drizzle of groundnut oil is used as garnish. You can otherwise garnish it with coriander leaves.
Course : North Indian Breakfast
Ingridients : 1-1/2 cups Water
1/4 cup Buttermilk
3-4 tablespoon Rice flour
2 teaspoons Oil
2-3 Green Chillies , chopped
1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
1 sprig Curry leaves
1 teaspoon Sugar
Salt , to taste
2 tablespoon Roasted Peanuts (Moongphali) , crushed to garnish
1 teaspoon Peanut oil , to garnish
Instructions To begin making Ukadpendi, first whisk the buttermilk with the rice flour till there are no lumps.Heat oil in a wok/pan and add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds.and let them splutter.Once they splutter add the curry leaves, green chillies and hing and carefully add the water.Add salt and sugar, and let the water boil. Now add the rice flour slurry, stirring constantly so that lumps are not formed.Cook on low flame, stirring continuously, till the mixture thickens and the rice flour is cooked. Once done turn off the heat and transfer Ukadpendi into serving bowl. You can top it with some peanut oil if you like before serving it.Serve a warm bowl of Ukadpendi for a hearty breakfast with some Lasun Ki Chutney