Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Steamed Rice Dumplings



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Decoration: Placed the paper lilies that I made recently :)

Steamed Rice dumpling, as a name might sound new and complicated.. But its our very own traditional dish called mudha kudumulu(In Telugu) or Pidi Kolukattai(In Tamil).

Its a super tasty and harmless food that you can consume without any restrictions. :)


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Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 cup
Bengal gram dhall - 1 tbl sp
Green gram dhall - 1 tbl sp
Coconut - 1 tblsp
Water - 2 1/2 cup
Salt - for taste


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Method:

Soak the rice in water for 10 min, drain it and dry the rice on a clean cloth. Now powder it coarsely(Like rava).

Soak bengal gram dhall and green gram dhall in water for min 1 hour.

Dilute the powdered rice in a cup of water and keep it aside. Boil the remaining 1 1/2 cups of water and add the soaked dhalls, salt and the diluted rice mixture and blend well. Cook for ten min, till it becomes thick. Once done allow it to cool down for a while.

Now greese your hands with oil, and make lemon sized balls of the cooked mixutre and press them with your hand to flatten them slightly. Then place them on a well greased plate(you can use idly plate) and steam cook the balls for 20 min.

Steamed rice cakes are ready to eat. :)

It goes best with Urad dhall chutney or sugar.


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Written by: Nithya
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44 comments:

Anu Nandu said...

Nithya - Looks excellent - you've made such a traditional simple dish sound so exotic! I wish I could eat this now!

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Rice dumplings looks cute and also paper flowers. Nice version of making it flat.

Rohini said...

Simply yum! Next to the rice dumplings, I was so much attracted by the paper flowers! Lillies?

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my kitchen said...

Good one,nice presentation nithya

Unknown said...

Looks lovely like snow balls flattened!

Rekha shoban said...

nice presentation and excellent

chef and her kitchen said...

we call this billa kudumulu nithya..but this is steamed version..
I love this..looks yummy..

Priya Suresh said...

Lovely presentation..rice dumplings looks cute and soft..

Sarah Naveen said...

Beautiful presentation as always dea..!!!
Dumplings looks soft and yummy..

Latha said...

Dumplings looks yumm....lovely presentation...just loved the paper flowers :).

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said...

Another yummy recipe of urs with excellent presentation again..looks so simply but tasty..

priya said...

looks yummy and soft, dear....and i just loveeeeee the way u present it....simply superb!

gtyuk said...

pidi kozhukaatai looks warm and excellent; nice way of presenting it in round shapes rather than the usual kozhukattai (long) shapes!!

nirupamasundar said...

nithya, by any chance are u telugu speaking people, bcoz my telugu friends here in hyd make the same ones for ganesh chathurti.In my house we add coarsely powdered toor, pepper and cumin, along with normal tadka, and curry leaves, rest is the same, try that once

prasu said...

rice dumpling look excellent dear..

Sreelekha Sumesh said...

Lovely pics.healthy and yummy dumplings!

Sailaja Damodaran said...

I love to eat it with a spicy chutney.....nice presentation

Nithya said...

You guessed it right Nirupama.. I am a telugu girl. But was born and brought up in Tamilnadu. so I have the tendency of both the states in language, food and other cultural practices. :)

Your method sounds interesting too. sure to try it out next time. :) thanks a lot for the suggestion.

Tina said...

Superb and beautiful clicks and presentation dear..........Dumplings looks cute and neat.

kitchen queen said...

lovely and tempting rice dumplings with a nice click.

Raks said...

Wow,I love upma kozhukattai,we too do same except that we season it :)

Lovely colour,my favorite lavender ;D

SE said...

love thse..even we make a similar one but of a different shape...will have to post it..

Deepti said...

Like all ur origami work n nice recipe also.

Shama Nagarajan said...

nice recipe dear

Sushma Mallya said...

wow gorgeous pic,looks very nice nithya...

Chitra said...

My MIL makes this..Awesome pics !!

Unknown said...

Looks lovely.

Shri said...

Looks terrific Nithya!I love the paper flowers next to it..Origami, Is it??

Vibaas said...

nice, healthy snack. looks so yum!

Dolly Sharma said...

Steamed Rice dumplings look so elegant sitting next to ur beautiful flowers. Superb presentation as always.Nithya, you do have a Knack for making simple food appear so exotic and beautiful.

Christo Gonzales said...

I would love to know how to make the paper flowers....

chow and chatter said...

these look great and lovely snaps

Unknown said...

Looks tasty! Havent tried this though!

Gita Jaishankar said...

They look cute Nithya...this makes an ideal and healthy evening snack:)

Uma Madhavan said...

Good recipe. I'll give it a try. Good presentation.

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Menaga Sathia said...

nice presentation and excellent!!

Vineetha Sush said...

Beutiful presentation..I love dumplings...Flowers look superb!!

Malar said...

wow..I want some Kozhukattai right now..I cant wait ..I am going to do this today evening...Your picture and paper flowers are really nice.

Vanamala Hebbar said...

Nice one..just i've posted kolkottai in my blog.

Anonymous said...

hey i love your decoration..simply adorable nithi.Great job.inviting breakfast.

Yasmeen said...

Those look very pretty with the creative crafts :D

Dhanya Ganesh said...

Mmmm dumplings looks delicious.

Anupama said...

Wow... what a beauty... both the dumplings and your flowers... those are origami tulips right???!!! I used to make something similar to those long time back

Anu said...

Looks excellent... Cute paper flowers...

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