easy pundi recipe | rice dumplings recipe | mangalorean pundi recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 22 pieces
- Category: idli
- Cuisine: mangalore
Ingredients
- 3 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp urad dal
- ¼ tsp methi / fenugreek
- 2 dried red chilli (broken)
- few curry leaves
- 1 cup idli rava / rice rava
- ½ cup coconut (grated)
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 cup water (boiling)
Method
- firstly, in a kadai heat 3 tsp oil and splutter 1 tsp mustard, 1 tsp urad dal, ¼ tsp methi, 2 dried red chilli and few curry leaves.
- now add 1 cup idli rava and roast on medium flame.
- roast for 5 minutes or until the rava turns aromatic.
- add in ½ cup coconut, 1 tsp salt and give a mix.
- further, add 3 cup boiling water keeping the flame on medium.
- stir continuously, making sure there are no lumps forming.
- keep stirring until the mixture thickens and make sure there are no lumps forming.
- cook until the mixture starts to separate the pan and holds shape.
- cool the mixture slightly.
- once the mixture is still warm, wet your hands and start preparing balls.
- create a small hole by pressing gently with your thumb.
- place the prepared pundi into the steamer. make sure to grease the plate of the steamer to prevent from sticking.
- cover and steam for 15 minutes, or until the pundi are cooked completely.
- finally, serve pundi / undi with spicy garlic chutney.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.