Phaddu/Guntha pongal/Gullidli

This is one of the all-time hit recipe for lunch box.

Type: Breakfast/ Snack

Serving: As desired

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

Rice – 2 cups

Blackgram – 3/4^th cup

Pressed Rice – ¼ cup

Oil – 4 spoons

Onion (finely chopped) – 2 medium size

Green Chilies (finely chopped) -8

Curry leaves (finely chopped) – 1tablespoon

Coriander leaves (finely chopped) – 2 tablespoon

Ginger (finely chopped/crushed) -1 inch

Bengal gram – 1tablespoon

Mustard seeds – 1teaspoon

Grated coconut – ½ cup

Salt to taste

Preparation Method:

Wash & soak rice, blackgram, pressed rice separately for 8hrs in the day time, evening grind it to a smooth paste using water (prepare idli batter) keep it over night.

If chopping is boring then coarsely grind green chilies, curry leaves, ginger, coconut in a grinder without water. Heat a pan put 1 spoon of oil, add mustard seeds let it crackle, put bengal gram fry till red, then turn off the flame. Mix all the ingredients except oil. Grease the phaddu mould with oil put ¾ batter, cover & cook in medium flame with one teaspoon oil for each phaddu turn it cook till golden color before removing from the moulds, prick each phaddu with tooth pick, if it comes out clear then it is ready to serve.

Best served with ghee, butter, green coconut chutney, saagu, tomato sauce.