It is stuffed rice dumpling and a fusion recipe. I am a Maharashtrian and make 'Ukadi che modak' to offer naivaidya to lord Ganesha. I have created a different version of that with sautéed veggies(Chinese flavoured ).
Preparation time 10 minute
Cooking time 1 hour.
servings 8
Ingredients
For outer covering
Rice flour 1 medium cup
water 1 & 1/4 medium cup
1 teaspoon oil
salt 1/6 teaspoon
For stuffing
Cabbage 3 tablespoonful
Carrot grated 1 tablespoonful
Corn kernels 1 tablespoonful
Capsicum finely chopped 1 teaspoonful
Garlic cloves 2-3 (finely chopped)
Pepper powder 1/6 teaspoon
Oil 2 teaspoon
Soy sauce 2 teaspoon
For dressing
Butter 2 tablespoon
Chopped garlic 1 teaspoon
Chopped coriander leaves 1 teaspoon .
For outer covering Boil water in a wok. Add salt and oil in it.
Add rice flour to the boiling water with continuous stirring . Cook covered for a minute or two on low heat. remove from heat and let it cool. Meanwhile make stuffing.
for that heat oil in a pan, add chopped garlic and all veggies . sauté and add soy sauce , pepper powder and two three pinches of salt (soy sauce contain salt). Stir , mix all the ingredients well and transfer in to a plate to cool.
Mash and knead steamed rice flour to a soft dough. Take a small amount of dough in a wet hand flatten and make a disc shape. Place 3/4 teaspoon of the filling in it, then close the flattened disc carefully and give a round ball structure .
Keep the ball on a lightly oiled plate. Repeat the process with remaining dough and filling.
Now ready the steamer for cooking these balls. Before placing the balls place banana leaf/ butter paper in steamer plate grease it with oil.
Steam them for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile prepare dressing
Heat butter in a pan add chopped garlic and coriander leaves.
transfer it to a bowl.
Now carefully remove dumplings (Steamed balls) from steamer transfer these dumplings to serving plate drizzle/brush each dumpling with dessing and serve immediately .
