Ukdo Tandlachi Undi

          There are other Undi recipes in this blog . This undi  made with Ukdo / parboiled rice is my mother’s recipe . A very tasty breakfast is ready with only a little effort – So let us check the recipe !

• 2 cups of parboiled rice,
• 4 cups of water,
• 2 tbsps of coconut oil.
• 2 tsps udid dal,
• 2 tsps mustard seeds,
• 4 – 5 green chillies,
• 1 inch piece of ginger,
• 1 sprig of curry leaves,
• 1 cup of freshly grated coconut
• 1 tbsp sugar, (optional),
•  Salt as per your taste.

Method :-

1. Wash and soak the parboiled rice for one hour in water. Spread it on a clean ,dry cloth for at least 30 minutes.                 
2. Make fine rawa of this using the small chutney jar of your mixer.
3.  Chop the green chillies and curry leaves, grate the ginger and keep the grated coconut ready.          
4.  Heat a big thick bottomed  kadayi or your cooker pan. Add oil, and splutter mustard seeds  .After  they splutter , add urad dal , chopped chillies, curry leaves and grated ginger. Saute for a while. Add 4 cups of water , salt and sugar and boil     
5. Now slowly add the rice rawa, mixing constantly and also add the coconut gratings.                               
6. Keep the fire on sim and keep stirring the dough till it becomes dry. Cool it till you can make  balls out of it.
   
7. Take a bowl which fits into your cooker or steamer. Put a clean cloth. Make small balls of the dough. Flatten them slightly in between your palms and make a depression in the middle with your thumb  . Check the pic below for the shape , Arrange them neatly and steam them  for about  20 – 30 minutes                      
8. Healthy steam cooked undis  are ready .You can have it  with any chutney or homemade butter or honey. You can eat it as such too.