Rice flour Manda with moong dal stuffing

Ingredients:

 Rice powder  -2  cups

Water  double amount of flour- 4 cups

yellow split moong dal 1cup soaked

 grated coconut- 1 cup

 jaggery/ Sugar- 1 cup ( as per your requirement)

cardamom- 3-4 pcs crushed

black pepper powder- 1tsp

Oil – 1tsp

Salt – ½ tsp

Method:

Boil the moong dal it should not be too soft. Drain all the water from the boiled daal. Keep aside.

Take a pan. Heat 1 tsp oil .Add  the boiled moong daal, grated coconut  & jaggery , fry it for 5 min, Then  add black pepper, crushed cardamom to it. Then switch off the flame, keep aside.

Heat a kadai. Add water. Let it boil. Then add salt to it. Mix well. Then slowly add the  rice flour and stir it continuously  to avoid forming lumps. Keep it on the flame for 2 min. Remove from flame and keep aside.

Wait till the dough cools down to room temperature, apply oil/ ghee on your palms & kneed the dough .

Make small balls from the dough . Flatten the balls and put the previously done moong dal & coconut stuffing & seal it from each side. U can make the the mandas in gujia shape also .

In a  idli maker  take 2 cups of water  or u can take a deep pan & Tie a cloth over the mouth of the pan. Boil it.

When its starts steaming, put the previously done rice flour balls and cover it. Steam it for 10-15 min.

Remove from flame. Serve hot.

Sending it to "LGSS - Lets Get Stuffed Series"