Red Rice Sweet Pundi / Rice Dumplings

Name: Red Rice Sweet Pundi / Rice Dumplings
Yield: 18-20 dumplings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups Red/ Matta rice; 3/4 cup grated coconut; as per taste Salt; as required Water; For Stuffing:; 1/4 cup Jaggery; 1/4 cup grated coconut; 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder

Prathi's Zaaika.. @prathiszaaika

UAE

Sweet Pundi or rice dumplings when prepared with red rice / matta rice has a unique taste. A sweet stuffing gives a bang on taste & is mostly enjoyed by kids. In our household, we prepare it for breakfast.

Prathi's Zaaika.. @prathiszaaika

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Ingredients

18-20 dumplings

2 cupsRed/ Matta rice
3/4 cupgrated coconut
as per tasteSalt
as requiredWater
For Stuffing:
1/4 cupJaggery
1/4 cupgrated coconut
1/4 tspCardamom powder

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Steps

1

For early morning breakfast, thoroughly wash the red rice 3 to 4 times in water and soak it in clean water for 4 hrs in the previous evening. Grind it in a wet grinder with 3/4 cup of grated coconut. The more the coconut, the tastier the dumplings will be. Add salt as desired. Add little water(1/4 to 1/2cup) and grind it for 15 mins. The batter needs to be slightly coarse. The batter should be of thick solid consistency to shape into balls.
2

Refrigerate the batter overnight during which excess moisture is absorbed. The next morning take out the batter and roughly shape it into lemon-sized balls. With a scraper, scrape the jaggery and mix it with 1/4 cup of grated coconut & cardamom powder.
3

Flatten each dumpling in the palm and stuff 1 tbsp of jaggery - coconut mix. Shape it to form a round ball and seal it well. Stuff all the dumplings and keep to ready.
4

Keep a steamer with sufficient water on high flame. Arrange the dumplings on the tray above the water. Close the lid and allow the water to boil. Once the water boils (steam appears from the sides of the lid) simmer the flame to the lowest and cook for 20 mins.
5

Switch off the flame and open the lid. The sweet rice pundi is ready to be served.