Today is the third day of the Blogging Marathon. Yesterday I returned from Coimbatore to Madurai
Kozhukkattai is a very famous Indian sweet which is also called as modak or modakam. The outer dough is prepared with rice flour and the sweet filling varies according to personal taste. Today I am using fried gram and coconut as filling. Another famous filling is channa dhal filling. My mom always prepares channa dhal filling. My MIL prepares this fried gram filling. Both are equally good, but I am a great fan of channa dhal filling.
Both raw rice and parboiled rice can be used for the upper dough. I have given the recipe for parboiled rice dough. I will be giving the recipe for raw rice dough in another post. Par boiled rice is soaked and ground to a thick batter and is cooked on stove top to get this soft dough for kozhukkattai. The filling is very simple to prepare. My hubby liked it so much.
Ingredients:
Parboiled Rice-1/2cup
Refined oil-2tsp
Fried Gram-1/2cup
Sugar-1/2cup
Grated Coconut-2tbs
Cardamom Powder-1/4tsp
Ghee-1/2tsp
Broken Cashew-2tbs
Procedure:
1. In a mixer grinder, grind fried gram and sugar to a fine powder.
2. In a small pan, heat ghee and fry the cashew pieces till golden brown. Add it to the fried gram and sugar mixture.
3. Add cardamom powder and grated coconut to the mixture. Mix well. Filling is ready.
4. Soak parboiled rice for 4hours.
5. Grind it to idli batter consistency.
6. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan and add the batter to it. Stir the mixture until it leaves the sides.
7. Place it on a plate and let it cool. Cover with a wet towel to avoid formation of skin on top.
8. When cool, knead it to soft dough. Pinch small amount of the dough and roll into balls.
9. Apply oil in your palm to avoid sticking of the dough.
10. Shape a ball into a circle by pressing the ball with your fingers.
11. Keep 1 or 2 tbs of the filling in the centre and fold the circle over to form a half moon shape.
12. Press edges together to seal. Pinch along the edge of the kozhukkattai to for design as shown in photo tutorial.
13. Arrange them on a greased idli plate and steam cook for 10minutes.
14. Remove from pan and allow to cool.
15. Serve.
Photo Tutorial:
13. Arrange them on a greased idli plate and steam cook for 10minutes.
14. Remove from pan and allow to cool.
15. Serve.
Photo Tutorial:
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| Prepare soft dough |
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| Roll into equal sized balls |
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| Press the ball with fingers to shape into a circle |
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| Prepared circle |
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| Keep filling in the centre |
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| Fold over and press the edge |
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| Pinch along the dege |
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| Arrange on greased idli plate and steam cook |
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| Serve |
Check out the Blogging Marathoners doing BM#5 along with me
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Seven Days of Colorful Dishes Kid’s Special: Kalyani
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These look like delicious dumplings!
Would love to munch some of them with my tea now 🙂
Kozhukatttai looks fantastic. Nice explanation with step by step pics 🙂
Loved the way u prepared them..we use rice flour..this method sounds nice ..
lovely kolukattai..love that uniform shape
love the step by step recipe ! Somehow kozhukottai seems to elude me .. how long do you need to bake / stir the batter Gayathri ? any test to check if its cooked fully !
wow…looks delicious….nice pics…
Haven’t tried with parboiled rice…It has come out well. Loved your crescent shaped kozhukkattais.
@momchef: When the batter becomes a soft mass and leaves the sides, you need to remove it from stove. This comes out perfect with practice..
Love the way u have folded the edges, yummy and inviting kozhukattais..
Kozhukattai look perfect. Never had the ones with rice wrapper. Look yumm.
I love the shapes you have made, looks really cute.
Dear Gayathri, we make the modak with the rice flour and as u said the cooking the dough needs practice surely. Loved the idea of pinching the edges, looks beutiful.
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Kozhakkattais look yum…..
Fantastic Kozhukkatai dear,u made it perfectly…Particularly the edges,gr8 effort…
cute looking ones!!
super recipe..we make these with wheat flour..but i like these ..really pretty….
Nice Kozhukkatai 🙂
This is my fav sweet snack…. By the look of it I can say that u r an expert in making these lovelies:)
Reva
They look very tempting with that beautiful shape…
Lovely preparation.. so perfectly done..
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Event: Serve It-Chilled
I m tempted to eat right now.
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Very delicious and pretty shape !!
Mouthwatering here, super delicious sweet snack,yumm!
We make it with rice flour and coconut filling. Love these traditional recipes.
Yummy yummy.. looks really tempting dear… wonderful clicks !!
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Hi!
Photos are very nice! Looks delicious!
Another famous filling is channa dhal filling. My mom always prepares channa dhal filling. My MIL prepares this fried gram filling. Both are equally good, but I am a great fan of channa dhal filling…basmati rice