This is one of my favorite breakfast-lunch-snack-dinner :) I ate this all the time when my Mother cooked this. It is little too much of work and takes lot of time. But, is worth it. Since these dumplings are cooked wrapped in banana leaf, the aroma is very appetizing. If you are making idli or dosa frequently then you will not feel this is too much of work.
Ingredients :
2 cups of rice
2 cups of chopped cucumber
1 cup grated fresh coconut
Salt to taste
Banana leaf to wrap
Method :
Soak the rice in water for 6 hrs. Use the rice which you might use for making idli. Drain the water and spread the rice over a thin cotton towel (something like dhoti). Allow it to dry completely. Then make a very coarse powder in a mixer/grinder.
Wash and cut banana leaf into 4 or 5 inches wide strips. Put these strips on the stove to make them little softer so that it is easy to wrap. Keep these banana leaves ready.
Peel the cucumber and chop them into small pieces. Use the cucumber which is very fresh and has lot of water in it.
Mix well together the rice powder, grated fresh coconut, the chopped cucumber and salt. Take two strips of banana leaf, make a ‘+’ pattern. Place a handful of the rice flour-cucumber mix and wrap the banana strips from both sides. Steam cook in a pressure cooker (without the weight) for 10 mins.
Serve hot with coconut-coriander chutney. It tastes very good with fresh coconut oil :) Consuming coconut oil is not very good for health.
2 comments:
Kusum, Looks like you have trying out lot of recipes... I am going to try Kadamb. Its very interesting.. I wish I can find banana leaf somewhere soon. Its not that available here... I still am going thru your other recipes too... I love Gasagase Udak... sounds yummmm :-)
Banana Leaves can be found in any Chinese or Hongkong food markets. They may be in a freezer section. If you have any mexican food market (we have Fiesta in Houston, TX) and fresh banana leaves are sold in the vegetable section.
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