Ingredients

• 2 cups Rice
• Salt to taste

Directions

1. Wash rice and spread it on clean cloth to dry.

2. Once all the water is dried up, grind the rice without adding water coarsely. Make sure that you don’t grind it to smooth powdery texture. I usually grind the rice grains to khus-khus sized granules.

3. In a mean while, pour 3 glasses of water and salt to taste in thick bottomed vessel and bring it to boil.

4. As soon as the water is hot enough add ground rice and keep mixing the mixture making sure that they don’t stick to the bottom of the pan.

5. Cook this mixture over a medium flame, stirring continuously till solid enough to be rolled into balls. (It took me around 8-10 minutes)

6. Make small lemon-sized balls by wetting your hands in cold water.

7. Arrange them in a steamer and steam cook for about 15 minutes in medium heat.

8. Let it cool down a bit before you serve them.

9. Serve them with any Sambar, Kurma, Honey or Chutneys.

10. Tips:

11. Once you mix the hot water and rice flour you can shift the mixture into microwave bowl and cook it in microwave for about 10 minutes. Make sure that you mix the mixture once in every 3 minutes so that it’s mixed evenly.

12. You can also cook the Pundi’s in microwave for 8-10 minutes using Microwave Idli Maker.

13. To make spicy Pundi’s, season mustard, urad dal, broken red chillies and curry leaves. Add this seasoning to the water along with rice in the beginning and then proceed with the next steps.

14. You can also add ½ cup of freshly gated coconut to the mixture.

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