Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, karnataka style lentil dumplings with spinach (nuchhinunde). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Nuchinunde or nuchchinunde is a popular breakfast or snacks recipe from Karnataka. Nuchinunde is prepared by steaming the broken pieces of dal and spices. "Nuchu or nucchu" translates to broken pieces of dals or grains and "unde" translates to ball or dumplings in Kannada language. I also used half a white onion, half a red onion, four cloves of garlic, and during the last five minutes, wilted fresh spinach directly on top of the lentils, along with the remaining salt, pepper, cumin and garlic specified in the recipe. with rice and lentil. but there are some steamed dumplings which are purely lentil-based and nuchinunde recipe or steamed lentil dumplings is one such recipe. in kannada unde means ladoo which is generally associated with sweet or dessert recipes. hence many who are not familiar with this.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have karnataka style lentil dumplings with spinach (nuchhinunde) using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Karnataka Style Lentil Dumplings with Spinach (Nuchhinunde):
- Take 1 cup Channa Daal
- Take 1/2 cup green moong daal(with skin)
- Make ready 1/2 cup Toor / Arhar daal
- Take 1/2 cup rice
- Take 1 teaspoon each Ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, chopped chillies, Cumin seeds, coriander powder, curry leaves,, 1/2 each teaspoon hing and ajwain
- Get 1/2 cup Spinach Puree or 1cup cleaned and finely chopped spinach leaves
- Prepare 1 tablespoon each chopped coriander and fresh grated coconut, lemon juice
- Take to taste Salt
- Prepare as needed Water
- Get 1 teaspoon oil
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Instructions to make Karnataka Style Lentil Dumplings with Spinach (Nuchhinunde):
- Wash and soak the daals and rice separately for 6 hours. Add a pinch of asafoetida and turmeric while soaking. I added a green chilli too.
- Drain and grind to a coarse paste along with all the other ingredients except coconut and lemon juice, using very little water. Adjust the salt and spices according to taste. Take the mixture in a bowl and add rest of the ingredients and knead a little. Keep covered.
- Pour enough water in steamer or pressure cooker and allow to boil. Till the water boils, grease your palms with little oil and make dumplings from the mixture with lemon sized portions. Place a stand in the steamer or cooker at the bottom. Keep the dumplings on a greased plate lined with greased banana leaf, spinach leaves or muslin cloth. Place in pressure cooker without weight or in starker. Close the lid.
- Steam for 15 minutes on medium flame. Switch off flame after that and allow them to rest outside the steamer for 10 minutes. Once they cool, serve with your favourite dip or coconut chutney as a teatime snack or breakfast side dish. Enjoy!
Serve with warm naan bread and chutney. Top tip for making Lentil and spinach balti. You could use your favourite curry powder as an alternative to curry paste. A great finger food made with red split lentils, spices and vegetables. Drain the lentils and add to a blender / food processor along with the water.
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