Undi With Piyava Gojju

Undi is a Konkani style steamed rice ball served with a spicy, tangy and crunchy dip known as piyava gojju. Undi With Piyava Gojju recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Undi With Piyava Gojju.

Ingredients:-

Idli Rava.          -1 cup
Grated coconut.-1/2 cup
Green chillies.   -2
Curry leaves.     -1 spring
Urad dal.            -1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds.   -1tsp
Methi seeds.       -1/4 tsp
Coconut oil.        -1tbsp
Salt.                    - to taste

Instructions:-

1). Wash idli rava and soak it in water in a bowl for 20 minutes.Then drain the soaked water completely from idli rava. Add grated coconut, required salt and 1cup of water into the bowl and mix with the soaked idli rava.

  2). Mix well and keep aside the idli rava coconut salt mixture.

3). Wash and finely chop green chillies and curry leaves and keep aside.

Method:-

1). Heat coconut oil in a wide bottom kadai and add urad dal and saute well. When urad dal starts to change its colour splutter mustard seeds and methi seeds. Add finely chopped green chillies and finely chopped curry leaves into the kadai and saute well.

2). Add idli rava coconut salt mixture into the kadai and stir well.

3). Keep stirring the rava coconut mixture in the kadai till the water is evaporated and the mixture becomes a thick dough.Switch off the flame.

4). When the thick dough becomes little warm make small balls and flatten it a little and make a dent in the middle and keep them on a plate.

5). Boil sufficient water in a steamer with steamer plate. Keep the plate with flatten undi on the steamer plate and close the steamer with lid.

6). Steam cook the undi in the steamer for 20 minutes.After 20 minutes open the steamer lid.

7). Remove the steamed undi from the steamer and transfer to a serving plate and serve with piyava gojju.

8). For Piyava Gojju - Roast 5 dry red chillies in little oil.In a mixer grinder grind the roasted red chillies along with a marble size tamarind and required salt to a fine paste.Transfer the ground paste in a bowl. Add required water and mix well. Add finely chopped 1 large onion into the bowl and mix well.Add 1tsp coconut oil over the onion gojju in the bowl and mix well.Piyava gojju is ready to serve.

Try the recipe and enjoy the breakfast dish.