STEAMED RICE AND COCONUT BALLS / kara kozhukattai

here is a simple recipe to use your steamer.


STEAMED RICE AND FRESH COCONUT BALLS

Ingredients:
2 cups raw rice
1 cup grated coconut
Salt to taste
2 tbs oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp urad dal
1 tsp chana dal
3 dried chillies cut into pieces
2 sprigs curry leaves
¼ tsp asafetida powder

Method:
Soak the rice for 3 hours and drain.
Combine the rice, coconut, and salt in a blender.
With just enough water, grind it to a thick dough.

Heat oil in a heavy skillet, and add the mustard seeds,
Urad dal and chana dal. Fry until they turn golden brown.
Add in the dry chillie, curry leaves and asafetida.
Stir in the ground thick dough with a ladleful of water
And cook over low heat, stirring continuously until
It thickens and leaves the sides of the skillet.
Remove from the stove and let it cool.

When it is cold, shape the dough into small balls.
Then use a steamer and steam the rice balls in a single layer.
Steam them for about 15 minutes.
Serve with sambar or coconut chutney.