Plum Dumplings

 Ingredients 

Butter - 3.5 oz. 

Plums - 20 (pitted and halved) 

Semolina - 1/4 cup 

Egg - 1

Flour - 1 cup 

cinnamon pdr- 2 tsp. 

Milk - 1/2 cup 

Salt - a pinch

 

Preparations

Mix the flour, egg, and semolina, and milk to create a soft mixture. 

Knead the mixture until you get a dough. Roll the dough and cut it into squares the size of two plum halves. 

Wrap 2 plum halves in each square of dough and roll on a floured surface. 

Pour water into a pot and add salt. 

Transfer the dumplings to the water and cook until they begin to boil. 

Once the water begins to boil continue cooking for another 10 minutes. 

Remove the dumplings from the pot and transfer them to a serving bowl. 

For the dips, prepare 2 separate bowls: Add melted butter to one bowl, and in another bowl mix the sugar with the cinnamon. 

Roll each dumpling first in the butter bowl and then in the cinnamon-sugar bowl. 

You can also add a bowl of blueberry jam or honey with nuts, and dip the dumplings into them.

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Kadi Basanti with pakoras ( spicy buttermilk with dumplings)

Kadhi Basanti with pakoras ( spicy buttermilk with dumplings)

For pakoras

Besan/ gram flr 50 gm          onion chopped 25 gm        spinach chopped 100 gm        ginger chopped 5 gm

Red chili pdr ¼ tsp      ajwain ¼ tsp             salt ½ tsp       baking pdr ¼ tsp       oil for frying

For Kadhi

Yoghurt/ buttermilk   100gm       coconut milk 50 ml          gram flr/ besan 25 gm       red chili paste ¼ tsp

Salt ½ tsp       oil 10 ml       curry leaves 1 sprig          mustard seeds ¼ tsp       fenugreek seeds ¼ tsp

Turmeric pdr  ¼ tsp           dry red chilies 2-3

Method

1)      mix all the pakora ingredients in ½ cup of water.

2)      Heat oil in a wok. Take a small amount of the paste in hand, make small balls & deep fry till golden brown. Drain.

3)      Beat yoghurt/ buttermilk & gram flr. till it is thick without any lumps.

4)      Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, red chili,, fenugreek.

5)      Add the yoghurt mixture, bring to a boil & simmer for 10-15 minutes.

6)      Keep stirring to prevent lumps.

7)      Add the pakoras & again simmer for 5 minutes.

8)      Adjust the seasoning & serve hot with steamed rice.