Pundi || Undi || How to prepare Mangalorean Pundi recipe

Today's special recipe is Pundi or Undi or Pundi Gatti, rice dumpling from Udupi - Mangalore cuisines. It is prepared using rice rava most probably idli rava. We can have it with coconut chutney or with any Kara (spicy )chutney's. I had it with ripped red chilli chutney it tasted very yummy. We can have it as breakfast or as evening snack. It is very tasty and easy to prepare, we can prepare it with idli rava or by soaking and grinding rice, today I used idli rava.  

I checked recipe from here. I tasted it once in udupi, thinking to try it from many days. But now I got chance to prepare for #209ThindiYenu theme in #FoodieMondayBloghop fb group. This week theme is suggested by me 😍, I suggested to prepare any Karnataka breakfast recipe, waiting for all yummy recipes from my blogger friends. #FMBH fb group is such a lovely platform with very talented and wonderful chef's every member in group are very friendly, learning many things from them. I am getting chance to learn many different recipes from different regions, so I am feeling very lucky to be part of this group.    
                     

                           Pundi || Undi 

Preparation Time : 5 minutes
Cook Time : 10 minutes
Steam time : 15 minutes
Serves : 12 
Category : Breakfast
Recipe Cuisine:  Karnataka
Main ingredients : Idli rava
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients 


IIdli Rava - 1 cup
Water - 3 cups
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal--1/2 tsp
Red chilli - 2
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Hing - 1 pinch
Fresh coconut - 1/2 cup
salt - as per taste

Instructions

1) Heat a pan with 2 tsp of oil add mustard seeds once it starts sputtering add urad dal fry till it starts changing color then add curry leaves and red chilli, hing fry everything well. 

2) Now add idli rava to the above, mix everything well and fry the rava till it starts changing color and you get nice aroma. 

3) Add fresh coconut, salt to the above and fry once. 

4) Add 3 cups of water to the above and mix everything well, cook on medium to low flames till rava absorbs water and become thick. 

5) Meanwhile heat some water in idli stand or in steamer. Let the above cool for some time and take small amount of above, mold it like small ladoo and press it centre with thumb. 

6) Steam it for 15 minutes or till cook well on medium flames  by closing lid and then switch off flames. 

That's it yummy and tasty rice dumplings/pundi/undi is ready to serve. Serve hot with any chutney's or spicy pickles. 

Tips

** Instead of idli rava you can also use rice. Wash rice, drain water and grind it to fine powder and use it. 

** Do not boil rava on high flames, as rava absorbs water quickly and do not cook well. 

** Boiling rava is the main step in this recipe. If rava touches your finger after boiling, then cook it some more time. 

** Do not let rava cool to roon temperature as rava will becomes hard. 

** Serve it hot to enjoy its taste. 

Also check other breakfast recipes by just clicking the link under image. 

               Adai/Mixed lentils dosa

                                     Uggani bajji

             
                 Ragi Mungaaku rotte

        Sweet Coconut paratha

                             Idli Upma

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Oats and nuts Ladoo, Oats ladoo using different nuts

Happy EID to all friends 💐 and advance  Happy Raksha Bandan to all friends & family 🎕. Today's recipe is healthy, tasty, chewy and easily prepared "Oats & Nuts Ladoo". It is protein rich and low fat ladoo, prepared with oats , nuts and brown sugar. We can prepare it using jaggery , sugar or brown sugar. It does not take more ghee to mold ladoo's , we can add any nuts available at home. Pack it in your family lunch box, they even can have it as snack.  Lots of health benefits of using oats like, it is good for weight loss, controls sugar, rich in fiber etc.. it is prepared very easily with 3 simple steps -- frying, grinding and molding. 

 I used almonds, cashew nuts, ground nuts, dry coconut to prepare these ladoo's. You can also add nuts of your choice also include poppy and sesame seeds to make it more healthy. Use 1 tsp of ground nuts for 1 cup of oats, as ground nuts dominates other nuts tastes. You can grind oats to coarsely of fine powder depending on your taste.

 Taking this sweet to #FoodieMondayBloghop fb group #208MeetheBandhan  theme, as the Raksha Bandan festival is around we all bloggers posting sweet/savory recipes. This week theme is hosted by talented and adventurous chef  "Archana di" she blog at 
"The Mad Scientists kitchen". Do visit her site for wonderful, innovative, tasty, authentic and traditional recipes. I love her way of writing the post, you will get full information from scratch regarding recipe. For example recently she posted lemon basil granita recipe, where she explained about what is granita and where it is originated from etc..i just love to adopt this way of writing  from her 😍.  Dedicating today's recipe to my brother Ram on occasion of Raksha Bandana 😻😻. 

                  
                     Oats & Nuts Ladoo

Preparation Time : 5 minutes
Cook Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 8 ladoo's
Category : Sweets/ Desserts
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Main ingredients : Oats , nuts
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients


oats - 1 1/2 cup

almonds - 15
cashew nuts - 15
ground nuts - 1 tsp
dry coconut - 2 tsp
brown sugar - 1/2 cup (adjust) 
elachi - 3 or elachi powder - 1/2 tsp
ghee - 2 tsp

Instructions

1) Take a pan add oats dry fry till it changes color on low - medium flames then take it into plate.

2) Then add almonds dry fry till changes color and take it into plate.

3) Now dry fry cashew nuts and ground nuts till changes and take it into plate.

4) Once ground nuts becomes cool remove its skin. Now fry dry coconut for few second and take it into plate. Let all the fried ingredients cool for few minutes.

5) Now take the above fried oats and nuts into mixer jar, add brown sugar and elachi and grind it into fine powder.

6) Take the above powder into bowl add 2 tsp of ghee, mix everything well and start molding ladoo's.

That's it healthy, tasty and protein rich Oats & Nut's Ladoo is ready to serve. Store it in dry air tight container , you can pack this ladoo's for journey or in lunch boxes.

Tips

** You can use jaggery or sugar or brown sugar to prepare this ladoos.

** Do not add more ghee as it will leave ghee after some time.

** You can use any nuts according to taste and availability.

** Do not add more quantity of ground nuts as it dominates the taste of other ingredients.

** Adjust quantity of nuts, oats and sweetness according to your taste and availability.

Also check other ladoo recipe's by just clicking the link below pic..

                                   
                                   
                                                                       Besan Ladoo           

                     Poha Badam Ladoo

                              

                     Ragi Peanut ladoo            

       Sabudana Coconut Ladoo

Rava Ladoo

              Puffed Rice/Maramarala Ladoo

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Pudina Rice || Pudina Veg Pulao || Mint Rice, How to prepare pudina rice

"Happy Friendship Day" to all my friends.. Today's recipe is freshly aromatic, tasty and healthy Pudina Rice, Mint Rice or Pudina veg pulao. I prepared this pudina rice using basmati rice which enhances its taste, to make it more healthy i used veggies like carrot, beans, peas and potato. You can also pack this for lunch box with some cucumber and carrot slices. If you want to prepare something special for parties at home rather than regular veg rice then pudina pulao/rice is perfect rice items. Serve this with simple raita's like pomegranate raita, boondi raita. On hubby's demand i prepared potato matar/peas fry and masala raita,onions and lemon pieces with this pudina veg pulao. Instead of basmati rice you can also use regular rice and also cook in pressure cooker. I always prefer to cook pulao in kadai when using basamati rice, if you are facing problem in cooking basamati rice check out recipe and tips. There are number of variation in preparing this pudina rice, today i am sharing the recipe which i regularly prepare at home. Also check 
 Mango Rice , Carrot rice, Jeera Rice,  Green Peas Pulao, Kashmiri Pulao, Coconut milk pulao , Ven Pongal,Restaurant style curd rice, Curry leaves powder rice.

                                 
                            Pudina Rice/ Pudina Veg Pulao
      
Soak time: 20 minutes
Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cook Time : 20 minutes
Serves : 4
Category : Rice items 
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Main ingredients : Mint / Pudina
Author : Aruna SarasChandra 

Ingredients

For pudina paste:

pudina leaves- 1 cup
coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
fresh/desiccated coconut - 2 tsp
green chillies - 2 to 3(adjust)
ginger - 1 inch
garlic - 2 cloves

Veggies used:

carrot - 1
beans - 5
potato -1
fresh peas/matar -1/2 cup

others:

Basmati rice - 1 1/2 cup
water - 2 1/2 cup
ghee - 2 tsp + 1 tsp
vegetable oil - 1 1/2 tsp
elachi - 3
cloves - 3
star anise -2 
cinnamon stick - 1 inch
bay leaf - 2
pepper - 5 (option)
cashew nuts - 10
onion - 1
lemon juice - 5 drops 
salt as per taste

Instructions

1) Wash basmati rice under water for 2 times and soak it in enough water for 20 minutes.

2) Meanwhile chop veggies and prepare pudina paste. wash pudina/mint and coriander leaves well. Take all the ingredients in a mixer jar and grind it to smooth paste.

3) Now take a kadai add ghee + vegetable oil, let it heat for a second then add elachi,clove, cinnamon stick, pepper, bay leaf, star anise fry it for few seconds then add cashew nuts, fry till it changes color.

4) Now add onion and salt fry till it changes color.

5) Now add all veggies, mix everything well then close the lid and cook it for few minutes till the veggies cook a bit on low - medium flames.

6) Now add pudina paste to the above mix everything well without breaking rice.

7) Drain basmati rice from water and add to the above mix everything well then add 2 1/2 cups of water.

8) now add 2 1/2 cups of water to the above mixture with few lemon juice drops and let it cook for a minute on high flames, later close the lid and cook it on low flames.(** check tips)

9) open the lid in the middle mix everything well add 1 tsp of ghee close the lid and cook till rice cook well.

once pulao cook well, let it rest for some time before serving. That's it aromatic and tasty pudina veg pulao is ready to serve.

Tips 

** Instead of basmati rice you can use regular sona masuri rice.

** If you soak basmati rice for 20 minutes then add 21/2 cup water and cook for 2 whistle if cooking in  pressure cooker. To get perfect cooked non sticky texture of basmati rice add few drops of lemon juice.

** If you are using normal rice then use 3 glass of water and cook it for 3 whistles.

** Do not serve pulao immediately after cooking let it settle for few minutes, then you will get perfect texture of basmati rice.

** Use fresh mint and coriander leaves to get aromatic flavor and taste.

** You can also skip adding veggies to prepare plain pudina rice.


Taking this pudina rice to #FoodieMondayBloghop fb group #207Herbalicious theme. This week theme is hosted by talented chef Swaty Malik she blogs at Foodtrails25. Check out her site for delectable and innovative recipes. You can learn many UP's regional recipes and also many fusion, baking recipes from different regions. Her photography and way of presentation inspires me a lot. This week Swaty suggested to prepare any recipe using fresh or dry herbs. So i selected pudina which is easily available here and prepared this pudina rice.

                               
Also check the following pulao/ rice recipes by just clicking the link below pic..

                                   
                                                               Mango Rice

                     Carrot rice

                                                Green Peas Pulao

                                           Jeera Rice

Restaurant style curd rice

Pongal

Kashmiri Pulao

Coconut milk pulao

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