Billa kudumulu /Thavilla Billalu

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To day I am coming with typical traditional breakfast item ie Billa kudumulu/Thavilla billalu. This item is prepared very few house holds in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Rayalaseema. This is also known as Tavilla billalu. The recipe sounds so simple and tastes yummy yummy in taste when compared with regular breakfasts. It can be eaten for dinner as well.

This is a combination of rice and toor dal. Combine 3 cups rice and 1 cup of toor dal grind into coarse powder. I have kept it in advance and store in air tight container.

Let us come to the recipe.

Ingredients

• Rice                                 3 cups
• Toor dal                           1 cup
• Oil
• Salt according to taste

How to prepare

1. Rice and Toor dal needs to be made into coarse powder in 3:1 ratio.
2. Take heavy bottom vessel. Add 3 cups of water, add 1/2 tbsp of oil and required salt.
3. Let it boil.
4. Simmer the flame add 1 cup of rice and toor dal mix slowly. Let it cook for 5 minutes.
5. Stir well and switch off the stove.
6. At final stage it looks like upma. Let it cool for some time.
7. Mix well with your hands.
8. Next grease your hands with  little oil.
9. Take a small  ball of dough round and flatten or oval shaped and keep aside. 
10. Take tick bottom tawa, let it heat on medium heat, add 2 tbsp of oil, place these prepared billakudumulu on tawa.
11. Apply oil on both sides and fry both sides till golden brown in color and crispy.
12. It takes little more time but tastes yummy yummy.
13. Follow the same procedure for the remaining dough also.

Serve this garama garam billa kudumulu with yerragaddala karam with dollop of ghee or with coconut chutney.

Notes:

• Cook billa kudumulu on medium flame. So that they are crispy on the outer layer. 
• You can made this billa kudumulu  with rice rava which you get in the market with a combination of grated fresh coconut instead of toor dal in 3:1( rice rava and grated fresh coconut).

You can steamed these like how we do for idli instead of frying them on the tawa. You can use idli stand and steam. This is a healthier version of billa kudumulu.

You can use this rice and toor dal rava for the purpose of upma also. Watch my blog for kandinuka upma which I would post very soon.

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Yours
Kusuma from Kusuma's Abhiruchi