Kakkarotti

For pidis

Ingredients

• Rice powder - 3 cup
• Raw rice powder - 1 cup
• Coconut - 1 (grated)
• Fennel seeds - 2 tbs

Method

Grind coconut and fennel seeds. Mix the rice powder and coconut mixture.Kneed well till we get a smooth dough. Apply oil in the palm. Make small balls out of this dough and press in the middle. Steam this for about 15 minutes. Keep a small amount of dough aside in the size of a lemon.

For gravy

Ingredients

• 1. Beef - 1/2 kg
•     Oil - 2 tbsp
• 2. Onion - 2 
•     Green chilly - 2
•     Ginger - 1 tbs (crushed)
• 3. Pepper powder - 2 tsp
•     Coriander powder - 2 tsp
•     Salt - to taste
• 4. Coconut milk - 1 coconut

Method

Saute the first ingredients. Add the second ingredients and saute well. Extract the thin milk from the coconut as a first extract or from the second extract and pour this into the onion mixture. Put the beef into this and cook till the beef is well cooked. Mix the rice dough in the thick coconut milk or in the first extract and pour this in the beef masala. Put the steamed pidis and stir continuously for about 5 minutes in a low flame when it is boiling. Garnish with coriander leaves.