This recipe post was actually prepared as a guest post for my fellow blogger Lubna Karim. I would like to thank Lubna who blogs at Kitchenflavors for inviting me to her wonderful space as a guest writer for her Ramadan Event. She truly has an amazing collection of classic recipes and intricate style of food photography.
Rice & chicken dumplings also known as Chicken Mutli or Chicken mutkule is a traditional Mangalorean recipe. This recipe is a shortcut and easy method of preparing it. Normally for rice dumplings, the rice is first soaked, ground to a smooth batter and then cooked to form a dough. By using Idli Rava, it cuts down the time taken to soak and grind the rice and makes the whole process easy and quick. It can be a complete meal on its own, perfect dish for iftar and can also be enjoyed as an evening snack.
Step by step pictures
Chicken Stuffing
Rice Dumplings
*What is Idli Rava?
Idli Rava is not semolina or rice flour. It is a coarse rice powder available in any Indian store. It is normally used for making idlis.
Idli Rava is not semolina or rice flour. It is a coarse rice powder available in any Indian store. It is normally used for making idlis.
Steamed Rice & Chicken Dumplings
Rice & chicken dumplings also known as Chicken Mutli or Chicken mutkule is a traditional Mangalorean recipe. Steamed rice dumplings stuffed with spicy chicken curry served as breakfast or snacks.
Ingredients
For Chicken Stuffing
- 1 cup boiled and shredded chicken
- 1 onion sliced
- 1 green chili finely chopped
- 5 curry leaves finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon whole cumin
- 2 teaspoon red chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- ½ cup chopped coriander leaves
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 to 4 tablespoon cooking oil
- ¾ teaspoon salt
For Rice Dumplings
- 1 cup Idli rava coarse rice powder
- ½ cup freshly grated coconut
- ¼ cup cooked rice
- 2 ¼ cup water
- ¾ teaspoon salt
Instructions
Chicken Stuffing
- Heat oil in a saucepan and add 1 tsp whole cumin. When it changes color, add sliced onion and sauté until soft. Then add chopped green chili, chopped curry leaves, 2 tsp red chili powder, ¼ tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp cumin powder, and 1 tsp coriander powder.
- Fry the masala for 2 minutes or till the raw smell disappears. Add a few drops of water if needed.
- Now add cooked chicken, lemon juice, salt, and chopped coriander leaves. Fry for 1 more minute, remove from heat and set aside to cool.
Rice Dumplings
- Heat a non-stick saucepan and boil 2 and 1/4 cup water and salt. Add 1 cup idli rava to the boiling water and stir well.
- Before adding rava to reduce the flame. After stirring for few seconds, add 1/2 cup freshly grated coconut and 1/4 cup cooked rice.
- Keep stirring on low flame till the mixture gets thicker and starts to leave the sides. While cooking, the water starts to dry up and batter starts looking like a very soft dough. Remove from heat and cool for 2 minutes.
- When the dough is still hot, dip your hands in water and give them a shape of a small lime size ball and then make it into a hollow cup so that you can place stuffing inside.
- Stuff each dumpling with the 1 tbsp of a chicken mixture or as needed. Heat a steamer with enough water.
- Place the stuffed dumplings in the steamer and steam cook for about 10 minutes. Let the dumplings cool down completely before handling them. If you try to remove hot dumplings, they might break or crumble as they are very delicate when hot.
- Serve warm.
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