Stir Fry Kudumulu (Rice Flour Dumplings)

Kudumulu (Rice flour dumplings) is most comfort food for South Indians. It is traditionally served during Krishna aastami, Ganesh navarathri and during Devi Navarathri.

Today I made a twist in authentic food by stir frying kudumulu.

Preparation time : 5 to 7 Mins
Cooking time : 10 - 15 mins
Serves : 2

Ingredients :
Rice flour : 1 cup + 1 tbspn
Water : 1/2 cup
Salt : As per your taste
Green Chillies : 2 sliced
Chana dal : 1/4 cup or fist full
Fresh copra / coconut : 1/2 cup shredded
Carrot : 1/4 cup shredded
Coriander and mint leaves : 1/4th cup
Dry Red chilly : 1 large.
Jeera : 1/4 spn
Mustard seeds : 1/4 spn
Ghee : 3 to 4 tbspn

Method:

• Boil chana dal with very little salt. Chana dal has to be just cooked. strain the water and keep it aside.
• Place a pan on medium flame. Add water,1 Tbspn of ghee and salt.
• Bring it to boil. Now turn off the flame. Add rice flour slowly and mix it simultaneously.
• Make sure no lumps are formed.
• If you find any lumps, press them down gently with the back of your ladle.
• You have to get crumble texture after mixing rice flour and water.
• If you did not get crumble texture add one more tbspn of rice flour and mix it.
• Put it back on low flame for 2 minutes with out lid if your rice flour texture is too smooth. This will help to evaporate excess water.
• Now turn off the flame, add little ghee over the mixture and let the mixture cool down a bit.
• Rub some ghee on to your palm, now take very small amount of rice flour mixture in your hand and try to mold them to oval shape.
• Once you are finished molding all the mixture into dumplings, steam them for 4 to 5 minutes or until you see glaze on dumplings. 
• When you see glaze on dumpling, try to gently push it forward with your pointing finger or a spoon if you feel it is quite rubbery texture, then your dumplings are done.
• Let dumplings cool down a bit.
• Put a pan on low flame, add some ghee, jeera and mustard seeds in to the pan.
• Let is splutter. Now add red chilies and saute them for 2 mins. Add green chilies, coriander, mint and saute them.
• Now add boiled chana dal and saute them for 1 mins.
• Now sliced dumpling in to 1/2 inch thickness and add them to chana dal and saute them.
• Now finally add grated carrot and shredded fresh coconut/copra and saute until dumplings are completely coated.
• Cover the pan on low flame for 2 mins.
• Turn off the heat and serve them hot.
• You can serve them with mint chutney or just plain fried dumplings.
• Since we add fresh grated carrot and copra it taste little sweet too.
• It also get little spiciness from green chilies and red chilly.
• You can add little lime juice over the dumpling once it is served to get tangy flavor.