Mor kali Recipe | Traditional Mor Koozh
Mor Kali, also known as More Koozh, is a traditional South Indian tiffin made with buttermilk and rice flour. This quick and easy dish is typically served as a breakfast dish or evening tiffin.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice Flour
- 1 cup Thick Yogurt / Curd
- 1 cup Water
- 5 tablespoon Oil coconut oil or sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- ½ teaspoon Urad Dal
- 3 Mor Milagai / Curd Chillies optional
- 3 Red Chillies
- Hing / Asafoetida a generous pinch
- 1 teaspoon Salt or as needed
- 6 Curry Leaves
Instructions
- Whisk the curd without lumps and add the water to make thin buttermilk.
- Add salt and rice flour and mix to make a lump-free batter.
- Heat a wide pan with oil over low flame and fry the curd chillies / mor milagai till they turn completely black.
- Remove the mor milagai and temper it in the same oil with mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves, hing and red chillies.
- Slowly pour the prepared rice flour buttermilk mixture into the pan and keep stirring over low to medium flame until the mor kali thickens and becomes non-stick.
- When you touch it, it should not stick to your fingers. The batter must be well cooked. It should leave the sides and bottom of the pan without sticking.
- Cool the mixture on a greased plate, cut it into desired shapes, and serve the more kali.
Notes
If you don't have mor milagai, substitute it with regular red chillies.
Gingelly Oil / Sesame Oil is the best choice for morkali recipe.
Do not reduce the amount of oil for the authentic taste and texture.
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