A very healthy and nutritious, protein packed steamed Lentil dumplings which are spicy and tasty with loads of flavours
Course Breakfast/Brunch/Lunch
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 18
Author Jayasri
Ingredients
Tuvar Dal 1 Cup
Channa Dal 1/3 cup
Urad Dal 1/4 cup
Moon Dal 1/4 cup
Dill leaves 1/4 buncharound 1/2 cup
OR
Ponnangani Keeraiaround 1/2 cup
few sprigs of coriander leaves
one sprig of curry leaves
one inch Ginger
6 to 7Green chillies
salt to taste
Asafoetida / Hing 1/8 tsp
Chopped coconut pieces
Instructions
Wash and soak all the Dals. Drain all the dals for some 10 minutes so there is no water, Clean all the greens chop them up, green chillies and ginger as well.
Grind the Dals in a mixer coarsely with green chillies and ginger and little coconut.
In a large bowl take the coarsely ground dal with the chopped greens, salt and Hing.
Mix them all together with some more chopped coconuts.
Make small oval shaped balls out of it and steam them in a Idli cooker or place them on Idli moulds and steam in a cooker for 15 minutes without the weight in a medium flame.
Once done take them out serve it with coconut chutney or with a dollop of ghee.
Notes
Notes: When making for festivals make as said in the recipe above you can omit Ponnangani Keerai. You can just add coriander, curry leaves and coconut. You can also add chopped veggies make it more inviting for kids!! Don't forget, grind the Dals coarsely. Usually Nuchiunde is made with only Tuvar Dal. But you can always use any dals in different variations.You can add this in Majji ge Huli ( Yogurt gravy) or in Sambhar and call it Unde Huli, that is dumpling in Sambhar.