Spicy Kozhukattai / Brown Rice Dumpling

INGREDIENTS

• Kerala Red Rice / Brown Rice >   1 cup
• Grated Coconut >   ½ cup
• Cumin Seed / Jeerakam  >  1 tsp
• Mustard Seeds / Kaduki >   ½ tsp
• Chana Dal >  1 tbp
• Urad Dal >  1 tbp
• Dry Red Chilly >   3
• Green Chilly >  2 (cut lengthwise)
• Curry Leaves >   2 stems
• Oil >  1 tbp
• Salt to taste

METHOD

• Soak the rice for 5-6 hrs. Rice will become very soft that you can break it using your fingers.
• Grind the rice into a fine powder without adding water.
• Mix grinded rice, coconut, cumin seeds and salt in a bowl to make smooth dough. Make small lemon sized balls out of dough.
• Boil water in a thick bottomed sauce pan / Pressure cooker with enough water to immerse the rice balls when dropped in.
• When the water start boiling, drop the rice balls one by one. The dumpling will begin to float once it is cooked.  If you are using a pressure cooker close it and cook it for 1 whistle.
• Drain the rice balls from the boiling water.
• Heat oil in a pan.  Add mustard seed, urad dal & chana dal and sauté the mixture for 1 minute.  Now add green chilly, dry chilly & curry leaves and roast them.
• Now add cooked rice balls and sauté for 3-4 minutes and remove from flame.
• Spicy Kozhukattai / Brown Rice Dumpling is now ready to be served.  It is served well when hot and with onion coconut chutney.

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