Undaputtu - Coconut Prawn Rice Dumpling

All over the world people fast during this month. So to break fast you need something simple healthy and wholesome. This recipe is perfect for that. It's a famous Malabar delicacy made during Ramadan time.

 

Ingredients

• 250 gms prawns cleaned
• 2 medium onion chopped
• 1 medium tomato chopped
• 2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
• 2 teaspoon Kashmiri chilli powder
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds crushed
• curry leaves and coriander leaves
• 1 1/2 cup rice flour
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoon ghee
• 1 cup coconut shredded

Marinate prawns in 1 teaspoon chillipowder , 1/4 turmeric and salt for 15 to 20 minutes.

 

In a pan shallow fry this prawns for just one minute. Don't cook for more than 2 min as the prawns will turn hard. Remove the prawns from oil.

 

 

In that oil add chopped onions and sauté till it becomes transparent. Then add ginger garlic paste and remaining 1 teaspoon chilli powder and sauté for another 3 minutes.

 

 

To this mix add chopped tomatoes,curry leaves and crushed fennel seeds. Let this sauté till the rawness of the gravy goes and oil separates from gravy. Once it's done add the prawns and coriander leaves. The filling is done. 

 

 

In a pan add 2 cups water. Once it start boiling add 1 teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon ghee. To this add the rice flour and lower the flame and mix well till all the flour is combined with water. Let this rest for 5 minutes and after that knead this well to a soft dough.

 

 

 Roll small lemon sized balls and stuff the filling inside. Then roll this in coconut and press well to form a nice round coconut ball. Steam this for 20 minutes and serve hot.