Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Vella Kozhukattai



Ingredients
For outer covering
Rice flour: 1/2 cup
Salt: a pinch
Sesame oil: 1 tsp
Water: 3/4 cup


For pooranam
Grated jaggery: 1/2 cup
Grated coconut: 3/4 cup
Cardomom powder:1/4 tsp


The above measurement will yield around 15 small kozhukattais (byte sized)


Procedure:
Step1:
Mix coconut, jaggery and cardomom powder together in a heavy bottom pan and cook in low flame stirring constantly until all the jaggery melts and mixed well with coconut. The pooranam should be little thick.

Easy way:
Mix all the ingredients(do not add water) in microwave safe bowl and heat in microwave for 2 min in High
The pooranam is now ready.
Divide the pooranam to 15 small balls.


Step2:
Boil water, ghee and salt together.Switch off the flame and add the rice flour stirring constantly without any lumps.



Step3:
Once the mixture becomes warm, knead it to a pliable dough similar to chappathi dough.Divide this to 15 small sized balls.


Step4:
Grease your hand with little ghee/sesame oil and make a small cup shape with the dough.Put the pooranam inside and close it.





Step5:
Steam cook for 6-8 minutes.The kozhukattai will look shiny once it is cooked.Do not cook more than that.Otherwise the outer covering will become hard



14 comments:

  1. Yummy and delicious kozhukattais...perfectly made..

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  2. They have come out perfect!! Bookamrked!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  3. What a great offering for Lord Ganesha... Loved it:) Advance Happy Vinayagar Chadurthi dear:)

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  4. yum, for these sweet versions are superb !!!

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  6. perfect for the occasion

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  7. looks inviting and nice presentation..

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  9. Lovely Kozhakattais!!! - I made the same kind:)

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  10. Whenever I make this for the festival, the outer covering gets cracked. I don't know why. Any tips for this issue?

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