Oondi

Cuisine: Coastal Karnataka

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

* 1.5 cup rice (wash rice and soak in water overnight or for 2 hours)
* 1/4 cup grated coconut
1 tbsp oil
* Salt to taste
* Sprig of curry leaves
* 1/2 tsp mustard
* 1/4 tbsp methi

Preparation:

* Grind rice with the grated coconut and salt, till the rice is as fine as rava granules. Add minimum water while grinding just to make it a thick paste (like thick dosa batter). Set aside.
* Heat oil in a pan, then add mustard. Once mustard splutters, add methi (this is for a tinge of bitter taste only) and curry leaves. Now add the ground rice paste and keep stirring till its water content is such that a small ladoo can be made out of it.
* Remove from flame and roll small ladoos of the paste, making a small depression in the center of each.
* Use an idli stand to steam the ladoos on the stove for 15 minutes.
* Oondis can be served hot with chutney or jaggery syrup for kids. It's a good breakfast item, easy to prepare. This preparation makes around 12-15 oondis, maybe enough for 2 people

Health quotient: It contains less oil and is hence healthy.