Urad dal washed is a cream color dal used for making popular South Indian dishes, such as dosa, idli, and dahi wada. This urad whole needs soaking for a few hours before cooking. The consistency of urad dal is usually thicker than any other dals.

It is off- white in color and is mostly used by south Indians for their specialties like dosa, idli, vada etc. It is thicker in consistency as compared with other dals.