A type of flour, commonly used in India, made by grinding black gram pulses that have been skinned and split into a fine powder Urad flour may also be referred to as urid flour. Most widely used in the south, it is mixed with rice or wheat flour to make dosa crepes, uttappam (a type of pancake), and idli cakes. Urad flour batter is often seasoned to make savories such as chaklis (murukus), and the famous pappadum wafers.