Aarep da Adye (Rice dumplings in coconut gravy)

Ingredients :

2 cups Raw Rice/Boiled Rice
1/2 cup grated coconut
Salt

For the gravy :

1/2 cup grated coconut
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
5-6 dried red chillies
1/2 tsp turmeric pd
3-4 garlic
1/4 chopped onion
1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds

For Tempering :

1 tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
1 dried red chilly
1 tsp oil
1/4 tsp asafoetida

Method :

Wash and soak rice for 4 hrs. Grind the rice and coconut to a coarse paste. Add salt to taste.

For the gravy, dry roast all the ingredients above except turmeric pd, garlic and onion. Blend to a fine paste by adding turmeric pd, garlic and onion and little water.

Steam the idli steamer with 3 cups of water. Make long  shapes out of the above rice batter and steam it. 

Cool it and then cut into small shapes.

Heat the gravy on a low flame and add this dumplings into the gravy and simmer till done.

Then temper it with oil, mustard seeds, hing, red chilly and curry leaves.

Serve after an hour so that the dumplings get absorbed by the gravy.