Uruli

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Uruli is a traditional cookware extensively used South Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and more broadly in South India.{{Cite web |last=Chikarmane |first=Poornima |last2=Narayan |first2=Lakshmi |editor2-last= |editor2-first= |title=1800 Histories - Life on the Uruli Landfills |url=https://histecon.fas.harvard.edu/1800_histories/observations/uruli.html |website=Joint Center for History and Economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University}}{{Cite web |date=2024-05-20 |title=Urli - What is it and how to use it? |url=https://smris.com/blogs/blogs/urli |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Smris |language=en}} It is also pronounced as Uruli and commonly made of clay, copper, brass or bronze.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-22 |title=The Uruli and my Patti: A story that never was - Museum of Material Memory |url=https://museumofmaterialmemory.com/the-uruli-and-my-patti-a-story-that-never-was/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=museumofmaterialmemory.com |language=en-GB}} Urulis were used in home for cooking and in ayurvedha to make traditional medicine. A more modern use of urulis is as a decorative bowl to float flowers which is a part of South Indian tradition.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-20 |title=Uruli: The Timeless Elegance of Indian Handicrafts |url=https://artizenaura.com/blogs/indian-heritage/uruli-the-timeless-elegance-of-indian-handicrafts |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=ArtiZen Aura |language=en}} It has a high capacity to retain heat, and an ability to preserve the flavour of food cooked in it.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-25 |title=The Caste Stories Behind Kerala's Traditional Cookware |url=https://www.goya.in/blog/the-caste-stories-behind-keralas-traditional-cookware |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=GOYA |language=en-US}}

The uruli can be found in many traditional Malayali homes, which show them in several sizes, like the small ones that have a more decorative function or also the very large “varpu” which are used for cooking in big occasions that require a big amount of food. With its shallow circular shape this vessel is also used to display flower decor in traditional households and for the kani for the Malayalam New Year Vishu, also being used in resorts and hotels as decoration.