Easy Kara Pidi Kozhukattai Recipe / Uppu Kozhukattai Recipe

I know, I know..This post has to be posted before ganesh chaturthi but sorry, i made this on ganesh chaturthi, so i didn't get time to share it before that. This post has been sitting in my draft for so long, so i decided to share it before i forget the measurements. And it doesn't mean that kozhukattai's has to be made and consumed only on ganesh chaturthi..

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This is so easy to make, and it can be made either for breakfast or after school snack for kids..I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out..

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 25 to 30 mins

Makes : 20 to 25 Kozhukattai

Ingredients:

Homemade Rice Flour - 1 cup (You can use store bought too)

Water - 2 cup

Fresh Coconut - 1/2 cup grated

Salt to taste

For Seasoning:

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp

Split Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tblspn

Dry Red Chilli - 3 cut into small pieces

Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - 1/4 tsp

Curry Leaves - a sprig

Method:

Heat oil in a pan, add in all the seasoning ingredients and saute for a min.

Add in water, salt and coconut. Bring it to a boil.

Once it boils, simmer and add in rice flour slowly and mix well so no lumps are formed. 

Now keep this cooking till it leaves the sides and comes together.

Remove this mix to a bowl and let it cool so you can handle.

Once it is cool knead once so it is smooth.

Grease your hands slightly with some oil and take small portion from it and press slightly.

Now repeat the same with the remaining dough.

Place it in a steamer and steam it for 8 to 10 mins.

Remove it and allow it to cool slightly before serving.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients

Heat some oil in a pan

add in all the seasoning ingredients

add a good amount of curry leaves

saute for a min

Once it is golden, pour in water

now season the water really well..Because once you add
the rice flour, then the seasoning cannot be
added, because it wont evenly spread..

add a good amount of grated fresh coconut

once it reaches a boil

add in rice flour slowly and keep mixing

now it is all mixed without lumps

keep mixing till it comes together

remove it to a bowl, allow it to cool down

once it is easy to handle..Knead it so it forms a soft dough

take a small portion

press it like this,

so your finger impression in the kozhukattai

do this for the remaining dough

place this whole thing in a steamer

cover and steam

now the kozhukattai is cooked

remove and serve..

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