Preparation time: 14 hours
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 4

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 1 cup idli rava (rice rava or akki thari)
2. 1/4 cup beaten rice or avalakki (thick or medium)
3. 1/4 cup curd
4. 1/4 cup rice flour
5. Ghee or oil for cooking
6. Salt as per your taste
7. 1 onion chopped
8. 2 - 4 tbsp coriander leaves
9. 2 tbsp grated coconut
10. 1 green chilli chopped
11. 1/2 tsp ginger chopped

Instructions for making instant rice paddu:

1. Take idli rava or rice rava in a container and rinse.
2. Soak in boiling water for 10 inutes.
3. Soak poha or avalakki also for 10 minutes in noral water.
4. After soaking drain the exccess water.
5. Tranfer the soaked idli rava into the mixie jar. Grind it into a semifine paste.
6. Add in soaked avalakki or poha.
7. Add in rice flour.
8. Add in curd.
9. Grind everything together for a while and transfer the batter into a container. Add in required water and preare a thick batter.
10. Add in chopped onion.
11. Add in choppped coriander leaves, grated coconut, chopped green chilli and ginger.
12. Add in salt.
13. Mix everything well. Add in 1/4 tsp eno or soda. Please note, adding eno or soda is optional.
14. Now heat the guliyappa or paddu pan and put few drops of oil in all the pits. Pour the batter in all the pits.
15. Close the lid for 5 - 10 seconds. Allow it to cook under medium flame.
16. Open the lid and drizzle oil on top. Flip the guliyappas or paddus and cook on the other side as well.
17. Take out the paddus. Serve it with coconut chutney.

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