Uppu urundai (Steamed Rice Dumplings)

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Preparation time : 20 minutes

Cooking time : 30 minutes

Number of servings : 5

          

        
Ingredients :

1. Parboiled rice - 2 cups

2. Grated coconut - 3/4 cup

3. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

4. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

5. Broken urad dal - 2 tbsp

6. Chana dal - 2 tbsp

7. Black pepper corns - 1 tsp (slightly broken)

8. Red chillies - 6 to 8 numbers

9. Oil - 3 tbsp

10. Curry leaves - 1/4 cup

11. Cooking soda - 1/2 tsp

12. Asafodita - 1/2 tsp

13. Water - 6 cups

14. Salt - to taste

Method :  

1. Grind parboiled rice coarsely in a mixer and keep aside.

2. Heat a deep pan on medium heat and add oil. When oil becomes hot, add mustard and cumin seeds and allow them to crackle.Then add urad dal, chana dal, red chillies and broken pepper one after the other. When dals become golden brown, add grated coconut and curry leaves and sauté for a while. 

                               

3. To this seasoning, add coarsely ground rice and fry it for about 2 to 3 minutes.

4. Then add asafodita powder, cooking soda, salt and mix well.

5. Meanwhile, boil about 6 cups of water in a vessel.

6. Transfer water into the pan and close it with a lid and cook on slow fire without swirling the mixture.

7. After about 2 to 3 minutes, open the lid of pan and swirl the mixture several times till the rice flour gets cooked and absorbs water completely. Remove pan from the burner and cool the rice mixture to the room temperature.

8. Make lemon sized balls of the mixture and steam them in a kadai/vessel containing water for about not more than 5 minutes.

                                  
9. Uppu urundai / rice balls is ready to be served with any kind of chutney.