A simple comfort food from Kerala……
Pidi Ularthiyathu
Recipe source: Ria
Ingredients:
1 cup rice flour
1 ½ cups boiling water
¼ tsp salt
1 small onion chopped
Few shallots chopped
3 garlic cloves finely chopped
2 sprigs curry leaves
½ -1 tsp red chili flakes
Salt to taste
1 tbsp oil
Method:
Put rice flour and salt in a large bowl. Pour 1 cup boiling water and mix. Add rest of the water as required to make smooth dough. You might need a little more or less water based on your rice flour.
Keep covered for few minutes. Knead lightly a few times. Now pinch a little dough and roll to make small balls.
Steam the rice flour for 10 mins.
Meanwhile, heat a non-stick pan and add oil.
Add mustard seeds. When it splutters add onion, shallots, garlic and curry leaves and saute till the onion become almost brown.
Add chili flakes, little salt and stir.
Add rice balls and mix well. Keep covered for few minutes.
Serve hot.