Undi | Coconut Rice Dumplings | Pundi Recipe
Undi or Coconut Rice Dumplings is an easy-to-make, traditional, healthy, and tasty breakfast recipe from the coastal Karnataka region (Udupi, Mangalore) prepared using rice and coconut. This Indian breakfast dish is vegetarian, dairy-free, vegan, and gluten-free.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Total Time45 minutes mins
Course: Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine: Coastal Karnataka, Indian, Konkani, south canara, South Indian
Servings: 8
Calories: 163kcal
- 1 ½ cup Raw Rice
- ½ cup Coconut Grated
- 1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil or Coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- ⅛ teaspoon Fenugreek seeds or Methi
- 1 teaspoon Urad dal
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- Salt to taste
STEP I - Grind The Raw Rice
Coarsely grind the rice in a mixer-grinder without adding any water. Generally, I pulse my blender 2-3 times, each pulse about 8-10 seconds duration. The broken/ground rice grains should be coarser than cream of rice or idli rava.
1 ½ cup Raw Rice
Transfer this to a bowl and wash it with water 2 to 3 times and drain. Keep this aside.
STEP II - Grind Half Portion Of Rice Rava With Coconut
STEP III - Making Of Rice Coconut Mixture
Heat oil in a pan or kadai. Add mustard seeds. When it starts to splutter, add methi, urad dal, curry leaves, and saute till urad dal becomes golden in color.
1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil, 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds, ⅛ teaspoon Fenugreek seeds, 1 teaspoon Urad dal, 1 sprig Curry leaves
Now add ground coconut rice mixture, remaining half portion of washed rice rava, anf approximately 1 ½ to 2 cups of water. Cook on medium flame by stirring it occasionally till the water evaporates. The mixture should hold its shape and be almost cooked. Check the video here. However, as the cooking time for rice varies with brand and type and how coarse or fine your mixture is, feel free to add water in small increments and continue cooking.
The mixture should come together as a dough-like mass, something like an upma. Switch off the flame.
Allow this mixture to cool down for some time.
STEP IV - Shaping Undi Or Pundi
Keep a small bowl of water near you. Wet your palms with little water to avoid the rice mixture from sticking.
Take a small portion of the rice mix and, by rolling it between your palms, form it into a lemon-sized ball.
Finally, make a small depression at the center using the tip of your finger. This is mainly for aesthetics and to follow cultural norms.
STEP V - Steaming Undis
Grease steamer plate with oil f needed. Place the undis on a steamer plate. At this point, you can cover it and keep it in a refrigerator and use it at a later time, say the next day for breakfast.
Steam undis for 10 – 15 minutes on medium flame.
Undi or Coconut Rice Dumplings is now ready. Serve hot with garlic chutney and enjoy.
- Traditionally coarsely ground rice is used for undis and gives it a unique taste. This taste will be missing if you use Idli Rava.
- Undis can also be steamed like dhoklas in a pressure cooker without a whistle/weight.
- While making rice coconut mixture in step III, do not add too much water at once. This will make your mixture sticky.
Calories: 163kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 294mg | Potassium: 61mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg