Red rice idiyappam

Red Rice Idiyappam

🎀Dry roast 1 cup red rice flour on low heat.

🎀Then boil 1 cup water with a pinch of rock salt and 1 tsp coldpressed oil. As it's simmering, toss in the flour and mix well and cook covered for under a min.

🎀Then knead the mixture until smooth. This needs to be done while it's still hot.

🎀Shape like a log and pass it through a kitchen press using the sev attachment.

🎀 Do this on an oiled plate or idli mould.

Steam for 10 mins. Voila!

Mangalore bean stew

🎀Soak Mangalore beans for 7-8 hrs or overnight.

🎀Pressure cook them with rock salt. This can also be done without pressure cooking but will take much longer.

🎀 Heat oil in a Kadai and add lots of crushed garlic. Let it brown a bit.

🎀 Then add mustard, cumin seeds and hing.

🎀 Mix well and add dry red chillies and curry leaves 🌿

🎀Toss in the cooked beans with the water they're cooked in. Add more water, if needed. 🎀Make a slurry with 1 tsp rice flour and add that for a bit of thickness.

🎀 Add rock salt as needed 🧂

🎀Once off the flame, sprinkle freshly chopped coriander 🍀and grated coconut 🥥 lavishly