AMMINI KOZHAKATTAI WITH USILI

This ammini is with dal mixture ground and steamed.

Ingredients :

wet rice dough (for modak) - 1 cup

salt to taste

For the usili :

tur dal soaked for 1 hour - 1/2 cup 

chana dal soaked for 1 hour - 2 tbsp

salt to taste

red chillies - 3-4

hing - 1 tsp

curry leaves - 4-5

for tempering :

oil - 1 tbsp

rai - 1 tsp

Method :

For the steamed balls :

1) mash the dough with salt nicely adding little oil

2) make small balls and steam them

3) keep aside to cool

For the usili :

1)drain the dals \

2) grind the dals, salt, red chillies, curry leaves and hing to a smooth paste without adding much water

3) steam this in a greased idli plate

4) once cooled, crumble it. if it is too hard to crumble into a smooth powder, you can even grind it dry in a mixie

5) in a pan take oil and splutter rai

6) add the crumbled mixture and saute for 5 mins

7) add the steamed balls and saute again for 5 mins