Pidi Kozhukattai - Kudumulu

Ingredients:

• Rice flour - 1 cup
• Water - 2 cups
• Jaggery - 1 cup or to taste
• Coconut grating or coconut pieces - 1/4 cup
• Cardamom – 2
• Gingelly oil - 1tsp

Method:

• Mix the rice flour with 1 cup of water.
• Melt the jaggery with 1 cup of water and strain to remove any impurities.
• Take a non stick pan and heat with strained jagerry water.Bring it to boil.
• Now add the rice flour mix, coconut pieces, cardamom powder and mix well.
• Stir continuously ensuring that no lumps are formed.
• Once all the water is absorbed and appears like a dough consistency.
• Remove from heat and keep aside.
• Apply some gingelly oil in your palm.
• Make a small lemon size balls out of the kozhukattai dough and keep aside.
• For pidi kozhukattai take a small lemon size kolukattai dough and make a ball and keep it your palm just press it by your fingers.
• Steam the kozhukatais in idly cooker or pressure cooker using idly plates for 5 to 10 mins.
• Allow to cool for sometime. Then remove the kolukattai or kudumulu from idly cooker.

Now your easy and tasty pidi kozhukattai is ready.

Poornam Kozhukattai - Modak

Making of dough:
Ingredients:

• Raw Rice – 1 1/2 cup
• Coconut oil – 1 tsp
• Water – 1/2 cup
• Pinch of salt

Method of Preparation:

• Soak rice for 2 hours.
• Grind it finely into a smooth paste.
• Boil 1/2 cup of water in a deep bottomed pan and add a tsp of coconut oil.
• Now add the ground rice , pinch of salt and keep stirring.
• After a couple of minutes it will become a soft ball.
• Cover it and turn off the stove and leave it for 3 to 4 minutes.
• It will be cooked.
• The dough has to be cooked but not completely. It should not be hard.
• This is the main part to concentrate on.

Making of Poornam:
Ingredients:

• Shredded coconut – 3/4 cup
• Jaggery – 1/2 cup
• Cardamom – 2 count
• Ghee/Clarified butter – 1tsp

Method of Preparation:

• Add jaggery to a pan and add 1/4 cup of water.
• Let it boil and let the jaggery melt completely.
• Now filter the syrup to get rid off the dirt and add it to a clean pan.
• Add the shredded coconut and keep mixing for two minutes.
• Add the ground cardamom and mix well.
• When the mixture starts thickening, turn off the stove.

Making of dumplings:

• Now make small balls with the rice dough.
• Take the balls and press it in the middle and make a cup.
• keep a tsp of puran inside close it to make a desired shape. You can also choose one of the shape as in the picture above.
• Repeat the same procedure with the other balls.
• Once you are done, you can arrange them in the idli plates and steam cook for 10 minutes (just like how you make idlis).
• Turn off the stove and remove them from the plates.

Kozhukattai is ready.

Pal (Milk) Kolukattai

Ingredients :

• Rice flour – 1 cup
• Powdered jaggery – 1/2 cup
• Milk – 1 cup
• Coconut gratings – ½ cup
• Cardamom Powder – ½ teaspoon
• Salt – a pinch

Method:

• In a kadai put the rice flour and fry till it is hot to touch.
• Boil two cups of water along with salt and pour over the fried rice flour and mix using a wooden spoon. When it is hot enough to touch, make a dough.
• In a thick bottomed vessel pour 4 cups of water and bring to boil.
• When it starts boiling, put lemon size dough into Murukku Press (Using Murukku Acchu) and press on to the boiling water (like making murukku in oil).
• Allow to cook for three to four minutes. Do not stir until it is cooked. Then gently stir. Again take little dough and press on the same boiling water.
• Allow to cook again. Repeat this process till you finish all the dough. Add milk and allow to cook for five more minutes.
• Add ¼ cup water to the jaggery powder and bring to boil . When it completely melts and starts boiling, take out from stove and strain it. Add this to the kozhukattai. Stir gently.
• When all mixed well, add cardamom powder and coconut gratings. Mix well and remove. It will thicken when it is cooled.

Note: The quantity of the jaggery may be increased if you require more sweet. If you do not mind calories, then you can add coconut milk instead of ordinary milk. It will be very tasty.