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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wash the lentils well. | 2. Soak in water and keep aside for 30 minutes. | 3. Drain water. | 4. Grind the lentils, red chillies, aniseeds and a little salt coarsely. | 5. Add to the ground mixture, the grated coconut, finely cut curry leaves and onions. | 6. Mix well. | 7. Make small lemon-sized balls out of it. | 8. Don't press the balls too hard as it may not get cooked inside. | 9. Place the balls in an idli cooker or pressure cooker (without weight). | 10. Steam it for 10 minutes till the kolas are cooked. | 11. Remove the kolas once they are ready. | 12. Keep aside. | 13. For gravy: Grind 1/2 cup of coconut and 1 tsp. | 14. aniseed together. | 15. Keep aside. | 16. Heat oil in a pan. | 17. Fry cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and a pinch of aniseeds for a minute. | 18. Add finely cut onions, garlic, curry leaves and saute till light brown. | 19. Add tomato and fry for 5 minutes. | 20. Add 3 cups of water, salt, sambar powder and tamarind water. | 21. Let it boil for 10 minutes. | 22. Add the ground coconut-aniseed paste and mix well. | 23. When it begins to boil, add the kolas to it. | 24. Cover the pan. | 25. Allow it to cook on medium flame for 10 minutes. | 26. Remove from flame. | 27. Garnish with corriander leaves. | 28. Serve with rice or rotis. | 29. Enjoy your meal! | 30. Note:If sambar powder is not available, use a mixture of 1/4 tsp. | 31. turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp. | 32. corriander powder and 1 tsp. | 33. red chilli powder. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
toor dal	1	cup		-	-	-	-
red chilies	4			-	-	-	-
anise seed	1	teaspoon		7.077000000000001	1.0504	0.3696	0.3339
onion	1			64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
curry leaf	3			-	-	-	-
coconut	1	tablespoon	grated	24.225	2.7545	0.1663	1.4869999999999999
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
onion	1			64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic	5	cloves		22.35	4.959	0.9540000000000001	0.075
tomato	1			40.2099	8.6898	1.9658	0.4468
curry leaf	2	stalks		-	-	-	-
cinnamon	2	inches		-	-	-	-
cardamom	2			12.44	2.7388	0.4304	0.268
clove	5	cloves		-	-	-	-
sambhar powder below	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
tamarind pulp	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
oil	1	tablespoon		112.12799999999999	0.0	0.0358	12.7334
salt				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.