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Mor Kali-More Kali Recipe-Mor Kuzhu

March 17, 2013 by PadhuSankar 32 Comments

Mor Kali is a very traditional and authentic dish prepared with buttermilk and rice flour. It is common in Tamil Brahmin families. It can be prepared in a matter of 10-15 minutes and can be had as a tiffin or snack item. You do not need any side dish for this and can be taken as it is. If required, you can have any pickle or just maavadu water as a side dish. I love to have this hot without any accompaniments. This is a very healthy dish which will come handy when you want to satisfy your hunger cravings immediately. What I am trying to say is just take a few minutes to prepare healthy dishes like this when you have mid-morning or mid-afternoon cravings in between meals.

Mor Kali
Mor Kali with maavadu and avakkai 

How to cook Mor Kali

Prep time – under 5 mins
Cook time -under 15 mins
Serves – 1

Ingredients needed

Thick buttermilk- 1 cup (whisked)
Rice flour – 1/2 cup

For the seasoning

Sesame seed Oil – 8 tsp (gingerly oil)
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Urad dal (split white ones) -3/4 tsp
Red chilli or mor milagai – 2
Hing – a pinch
Green chilli -1 slit
Curry leaves – few

Preparation 

Take rice flour in a bowl, add salt needed (approximately little more than 1/2 tsp flat). Then add buttermilk little by little to the the rice flour and mix well so that there are no lumps.

Once that is done, add 1 cup of water little at a time to the rice+buttermilk mixture and mix well again.

Method

Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, urad dal, hing and red chillies, when mustard splutters, add green chillies and curry leaves.

Then add 1/4 cup of water to the seasoning.

When the water starts boiling, keep the flame in low and add the prepared rice+buttermilk mixture stirring continuously. It will look as in the picture below.

More kali

Keep the flame in medium and cook well. You can check for salt by tasting the mixture, if required add at this stage.
Switch off when it starts leaving the sides of the pan. Dip your fingers in water and touch the mor kali, if it sticks to your hand, then cook for some more time.

Once cooked, pour it on a plate and serve hot or warm. As it cools it will thicken.

How to cook mor kali

Note – Use a little sour butter milk for best results.

If you are using mor milagai, then reduce the salt a little.

Do try this  healthy recipe and give me your feedback.

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Comments

  1. Pavithra R

    March 17, 2013 at 3:12 pm

    Wow, this is easy & healthy recipe!! Love the texture. I should try this!

    Reply
  2. Divya Shivaraman

    March 17, 2013 at 9:35 pm

    wow this is a different recipe

    Reply
  3. Mahi

    March 18, 2013 at 12:33 am

    One of my friends was asking me to make this recipe for a long time..thankw for reminding Padhu! Morkali looks delicious!

    Reply
  4. Anu

    March 18, 2013 at 2:51 am

    My amma often prepare this, looks lovely

    Reply
  5. AparnaRajeshkumar

    March 18, 2013 at 2:57 am

    its been very long time of preparing more kali ! thanks for reminding ! lovely mavadu !

    Reply
  6. Prathima Rao

    March 18, 2013 at 5:21 am

    Very interesting..Totally new to me..Im sure it makes a tasty & healthy snack!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

    Reply
  7. Priya Suresh

    March 18, 2013 at 6:00 am

    Tasted it at one of my neighbour mamy's place, delicious mor kali.

    Reply
  8. Chitz

    March 18, 2013 at 9:23 am

    Gonna definitely try it.. Easy and good looking..

    Reply
  9. divya

    March 18, 2013 at 1:06 pm

    looks mouthwatering…just delicious!

    Reply
  10. Sona - Quick Picks

    March 18, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    nice recipe..Padhu

    Reply
  11. Anonymous

    March 18, 2013 at 3:29 pm

    Its been a really long time since I ate Mor Kali.. gosh, how I miss it.. Good one!

    Reply
  12. Apu

    March 19, 2013 at 7:19 pm

    I love this snack. I make it for tea time.

    Reply
  13. sriram ramya

    October 30, 2013 at 8:12 am

    hi this is an excellent recipe for 2 yr children. most of the new mothers would be benifited.u can reduce chilli and try for 1 and half year baby too.

    Reply
  14. Archana

    December 25, 2013 at 10:33 pm

    Came out very well. Thanks a lot. Am a new cook and I follow your posts almost for every dish I make. Its been great.

    Reply
  15. namrata

    February 5, 2014 at 6:54 am

    Hi padhu,

    I was not too sure of preparing this dish. However, I tried it two days ago and liked it so much that I prepared it even for dinner. It tastes lovely and also is filling. Thank you Padhu.

    Reply
  16. Neeraja Avadhanam

    February 10, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    Morkali is my favourite recipe. My grandmom used to make this. I'm going to try this like after almost 25+years. Thank you for posting this.

    Reply
  17. Nee Pa

    July 4, 2014 at 10:47 am

    In Maharashtra we call this as Ambat Ukad. We use turmeric powder and crushed garlic as well. Its my favorite monsoon food.
    Although traditionally it is made with rice flr, sometimes I mix Jawar and/ or Raagi flr as well. Try it.

    Reply
  18. vishwesh1809

    February 22, 2015 at 6:39 am

    Excellent traditional recipe

    Reply
  19. dreaming!

    February 15, 2016 at 2:45 am

    Tried it today. Was amazing! Thank you so much. It was just like my grandma's.

    Reply
  20. tara

    June 23, 2016 at 3:40 am

    All your recipes are very good Paddu. Tried making more Kali. It came out very well and tasted awesome. I made slight changes.. Cut them into squares ..that way it's much easier to eat.

    Reply
  21. Aishwarya

    May 28, 2017 at 4:49 am

    Came out perfect! Morekali has always been a failure for me till date.
    Thanks a tonā¤

    Reply
  22. Deepa Rangarajan

    November 11, 2017 at 8:41 am

    Thanks Padhu. I'm planning to try this today. Is the stage suggested by you good for it to be cut into cakes after cooling?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      November 11, 2017 at 10:56 am

      If you want to cut like a cake, cook for few more minutes and then leave it to cool. I prefer that semi solid mor kali.

      Reply
  23. Vidhya Satish

    November 18, 2017 at 11:55 am

    Yummy.. was reminded of my mother in law's kali. I always check with your recipes.. more of an authenticity check. Your instructions are clear, step-by-step and encouraging. Thanks.

    Reply
  24. SAS

    December 9, 2017 at 6:15 am

    It is so easy even for a person like me , who go to kitchen only to eat

    Reply
  25. Bhooma

    February 26, 2018 at 8:42 am

    Came out perfectly. Thanks for the recipe

    Reply
  26. S Raju

    December 24, 2018 at 3:28 am

    I do prepare but allow it to become like uppuma with crispy bottom.. nice to eat the crispy side too..

    Reply
  27. Sudha Vasudevan

    March 22, 2020 at 8:37 am

    Made it for the first time. Since the recipe was so clear n simple it turned out so well. Thanx!

    Reply
  28. Maria

    October 29, 2020 at 3:06 pm

    Hi Padhu, morkali tastes so good when done by this method. Thank you. But I had a doubt.
    Should we double the recipe, if using 1 cup rice flour?

    Reply
    • PadhuSankar

      November 8, 2020 at 8:09 am

      Yes

      Reply
  29. Mala Rao

    September 17, 2021 at 11:50 pm

    Favorite dish for both my Dad & Father in law

    Reply
  30. Hareharan

    August 2, 2022 at 7:59 am

    More than the way it’s cooked, the way it’s had when hot along with mor molaga, and the taste if the butter milk is nice and sour it’s ultimate

    Reply

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