Skip to main content

Thari Kadibu

Rice Rava Dumplimng or Thari Kadibu is an authentic breakfast recipe in the South Karnataka and is easy to make and no-fail breakfast item. Rice Rava Dumplimng or Thari Kadibu can be prepared easily without soaking the rice or keeping the batter for fermentaion. Thari Kadibu can be served with chutney and sambar and some people prefer to eat with chicken or mutton gravy. As Thari Kadibu is steam cooked, it can be considered as healthy breakfast item.
Ingredients
  • Rice rava - 1 cup
  • Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
  • Water - 2 cups
  • Mustard Seeds  - 1/4 tsp
  • Red Chilli - 2-3 nos: (cut into small)
  • Curry Leaves - 8-10  nos: (finely chopped)
  • Split Black Gram - 1 tsp
  • Oil - 1 tbsp
  • Salt - as required
Preparation Method
  1. In pan bring oil to heat and splutter mustard seeds, red chilli, black gram and curry leaves.
  2. Add water and salt to the pan and allow it to boil.
  3. Once the water starts to boil, reduce the flame and add grated coconut and mix well.
  4. Gradually add rice rava and mix well without forming the lumps.
  5. Once the rice rava get cooked and comes together switch off the flame.
  6. When the dough is warm enough to touch with hands, take tablespoon full of dough and roll it to oval-shape balls.
  7. Arrange the rice rava balls in idli stand or steamer stand and stam cook them for 10mins:
  8. Healthy and easy to make Rice Rava Dumplimng or Thari Kadibu is ready to serve with chutney and sambar.


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Pachor / Rice Cooked in Jaggery Syrup

Pachor is rice cooked in jaggery syrup with coconut. Pachor will be served in churches in central travancore (especially in Kottayam) during feast.   Ingredients Cooked Rice - 2 cups Jaggery (grated) - 3/4 cup Coconut (grated) - 3/4 cup Salt - a pinch Nutmeg + Cardamom + Dry Ginger + Cumin - 1 tsp (powdered) Ghee - 2 tbsp  Sliced Coconut - 1/2 cup Preparation Method Fry sliced coconut in ghee and keep aside. Melt jaggery in one cup of water, strain and keep aside. To a pan add cooked rice, melted jaggery, coconut and salt; mix well and cook till the coconut and rice absorbs the jaggery syrup and become thick. Add the spice powder and fried coconut along with ghee; mix well and remove from flame and allow to cool. Enjoy the sweet and warm Pachor. Note: You can use any rice, I used the matta (brown) rice.

Elayada

Ingredients Rice Flour - 3 cups Grated Coconut - 1 cup Grated Jaggery - 1/2 cup Cumin Powder - a pinch Cardamon Powder - a pinch Salt - a pinch Plantain Leaf Preparation Method Add rice flour and salt to a bowl and mix well. Make a thick dough, adding lukewarm water little by little. Mix together jaggery, coconut, cumin powder, cardamon powder and keep aside. Take lemon size of rice dough and spread it to a medium size piece of plantain leaf evenly with wet fingers. Take spoon full of coconut-jaggery mix and spread that on the top of the spread-ed rice dough. Fold the plantain leaf from middle to inside. Cook them in a steamer at medium flame. The Elayada is ready when the dough separates from the plantain leaf. Remove from flame, allow it to cool and taste the mouth-watering Kerala special Elayada.

Sooji Gothambu (Broken Wheat) Upma

Ingredients Broken Wheat - 1 cup Onion- 1 (chopped) Green Chili - 2 (chopped) Ginger - 1 piece (chopped) Carrot - 1 (chopped) Oil - 3-4 tbsp Curry Leaves - as required Red Chili - 1-2 nos: Salt   - as required Grated Coconut - as required (optional) Preparation Method Boil water in a deep pan, add broken wheat and a pinch of salt and cook till broken wheat is  cooked and become soft. Transfer the wheat to a strainer and allow excess water to strain. In a pan bring oil to heat, add chopped onion, carrot, green chili, ginger, red chili and curry leaves and saute till the onion becomes golden brown. Add cooked wheat, mix well. Add salt if required, close the lid and cook for 5mins:. Remove from flame, garnish with grated coconut and serve healthy breakfast.