Undi ( Steamed Cream Of Rice Balls)

Undi is a traditional Konkani breakfast item. When I nation Konkani, I hateful South Canara Konkani people. I am certain other people living inwards the Konkan percentage likewise brand it.Undi is likewise known equally "pundi" inwards Tulu together with "mootli" past times Catholic konkanis. "Mootli" agency fistful, equally fistful of batter is taken together with shaped into balls which are hence steamed.Traditionally inwards the Hindu households it is served alongside jaggery syrup. Others consume alongside with spicy curries similar fish curry& egg curry. I similar it alongside a picayune butter/ ghee filled inwards the picayune hole/ indentation together with spicy dry out chutney similar lasun ( garlic) chutney sprinkled over it! :) yum!

Coincidentally, this is likewise the commencement dish that I cooked all past times myself equally a picayune daughter inwards my "play kitchen". I must conduct maintain been 8 or ix years one-time at the time. I had miniature pots together with pans which likewise included a miniature idli steamer! If a picayune kid tin dismiss gear upwards it, it has to travel a slowly dish to make!:)

Servings: 2-4

Ingredients:

Rice rava( idli rava or cream of rice): 1 cup
Coconut oil:1 tbsp
Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Urad dal: 1/2tsp
Methi seeds( fenugreek seeds): 1/8
tsp
Curry leaves: 1 sprig
Freshly grated coconut: 1/4 cup
Water: 1 1/2 cups
Salt: to taste
Sugar/ jaggery: 1/2 tsp

Method:

Wash idli rava thoroughly together with piece of employment on aside.

In a kadai, estrus oil, add together mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds splutter, add together the urad dal, methi seeds, curry leaves together with sauté for few seconds until the urad dal starts turning golden.

Now add together the washed rice rava, grated coconut, hot water, saccharide & salt.

Cover together with gear upwards on depression flaming until all the H2O evaporates together with the rava mixture starts to easily larn out the kadai( most 7-10 minutes).

You know it is done if when you lot impact alongside your finger, nada sticks to your finger. Turn off the flame.

Let it cool downward a little. With damp hands accept small-scale component ( fist full) of the batter together with cast it into a ball. Indent the middle of the ball alongside your index finger. Make such balls until all the batter has been used. Keep it aside.

Fill the idli steamer alongside picayune H2O together with convey it to boil. Place the steamer plate inwards it.

Arrange all the balls on the plate together with steam for 10 minutes on medium flame. You tin dismiss likewise purpose the pressure level cooker/ pan for this only without the whistle.

Photo credit: Shailaja Rao

Serve hot alongside butter/ghee together with chutney of your alternative or alongside jaggery syrup or love or alongside some spicy gravy dish similar prawn curry or fish curry.

Enjoy!

Cooking made easy:

You could brand efficient purpose of your fourth dimension together with salve energy( gas) past times utilizing your resources to the fullest. When you lot are cooking rice inwards the cooker, likewise house the dal( lentil) or beans that you lot volition travel using to brand some other side-dish for tiffin of dinner.

Another skillful representative is the higher upwards dish. When you lot are steaming Undi or Idlis, you lot could steam/ gear upwards some other vegetable that is required for your tiffin / dinner inwards the bottom one-half of the steamer. Of course, this depends on the size of your steamer/cooker.

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Food for thought:

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