Divamani Enterprises

Type: Savoury

Cuisine: South Indian

Preparation Time: 30-40 minutes

Servings: 8-10 pieces

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup ulundu (black gram dal)
• 1/4 cup bengal gram dal
• 1/4 cup raw rice (soaked for 1 hour)
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp gingelly oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard
• 2-3 green chillies
• a pinch of asafoetida

Instructions

1. Soak black and bengal gram dals together for at least 1 hour.
2. Add 1/2 tsp salt and green chillies and grind into a smooth paste.
3. The paste should not be too firm or too loose.
4. Take a steamer. Pour 2 glasses of water at the bottom.
5. Keep a single hollow tray on it.
6. Spread plantain leaf or cotton cloth on it.
7. Pour the paste on it, lid it and let it steam on high flame for 10 minutes
8. Check whether sticky. If it is sticky, let it cook for some more time.
9. Pour it on a plate and let it cool. Break it into a powdery mass.
10. Take a pan. Add oil, mustard seeds and asafoetida. Let it sputter.
11. Pour onto the powdery mass and mix well and keep aside.
12. Take the soaked rice and grind it fine with little water.
13. Add water to make this a flowy consistency like dosa batter (not runny)
14. Add 1/2 tsp of oil and salt to this batter.
15. Pour this into a pan and stir while on low heat
16. Stir continuously till it becomes a thick mass (you should be able to make it into balls).
17. Once cooled, make the rice batter into balls (size of a small lemon). Use oil on the palms to ensure that it does not stick.
18. Make the ulundu mixture into balls separately (bigger than a marble but smaller than lemon).
19. Grease the palm with oil and take a ball of rice batter and press it into the shape of a tiny cup.
20. Put one ulundu ball into this cup.
21. Slowly fold in the rice batter so that it covers the ulundu ball.
22. You can retain it in round shape or shape it in a way that it is stretched lengthwise like a boat.
23. Place this on a cloth/banana leaf in the steamer (do not pressure cook)
24. Once the water starts boiling, reduce the flame and keep it on for about 10 minutes
25. Remove from the steamer and take off the lid. Let it cool.
26. Once cooled, gently remove from the cloth/leaf and place it on a plate.
27. Serve once cooled.

Notes

• A delicious and healthy snack
• The procedure is specifying rice soaked for 1 hour and grinding it to a smooth batter. If short of time, you can use rice powder. 1/2 cup rice powder must be taken in a bowl. Add water slowly to achieve the desired consistency (dosa batter). Add salt and oil and mix well. The rest of the procedure remains the same.