INGREDIENTS
- Rice flour – 1 cup
- Oil – 1 tsp
- Jaggery – 1 cup
- Coconut – 1 cup grated
- Cardamom powder – 1/4 tsp
- Ghee – 1 tsp
- Water – 1 1/4 cups
- Oil – 1 tsp
PROCEDURE
- In a kadai, heat water and oil.
- Add the rice flour little by little to the water-oil mixture.
- Stir it continuously to avoid lumps. Use a flat ladle or back of the ladle to get a homogenous mixture.
- Cook on low flame for 5 minutes stirring frequently. (Note -the quantity of water will differ from 1 cup -1 1/2 cup for 1 cup of rice flour depending upon the quality of rice)
- Transfer the dough to a plate. Allow it to cool.
- Take warm water mixed with 1-2 tsp of oil.
- Once the dough is warm, dip your finger in the water+oil mix and knead it to a smooth dough. If you feel that the dough is too dry, then sprinkle a little of that water+oil mixture and then knead the dough nicely.
- Cover it with a damp cloth, close it with a lid and keep it aside.
- Stuffing for the kozhukattai
- In a pan, heat jaggery and water in low flame. Turn off the stove once the jaggery melts completely.
- Filter it to remove the impurities.
- In a kadai, transfer the filtered jaggery water. Allow it to boil.
- Now add grated coconut and mix well.
- Add ghee to it and cook until it starts to thicken.
- Add cardamom powder and mix well. Turn off the flame.
- As the stuffing cools, it will thicken further. So you can switch it off a stage before that. See it that you can make balls out of it. If not cook for a few more minutes. Now the stuffing for kozhukattai is ready.
- When it cools a little, make small & even sized balls out of it and keep it aside.
- Now take the rice flour dough and make small balls from it. Work batch by batch as the rice flour will dry very quickly. (always keep the dough covered with a damp cloth to prevent drying)
- Grease your palms with oil, place a ball of dough on your palm and flatten it into a small circle . You can dip your fingers in the water+ oil mix, if needed to make it easier.
- Now place a ball of the prepared jaggery stuffing.
- Bring all the corners together and close it. Give it a nice kolukattai shape. Make them into ball or flat shaped kolukattai as per your wish.
- Repeat the process for all the rice flour balls.
- Arrange all the prepared Kozhukattais on a greased idli plate.
- Steam cook for 10-15 minutes or until done.Wait for 10 minutes to cool down and then remove it from the idly pan and enjoy!!
- Delicious Kozhukattais are ready.
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