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Monday, September 13, 2010

Kozhakattai/Modhakam (Steamed Dumplings) for Vinayagar Chathurthi Step by Step Recipe

Vinayagar Chathurthi neivedyam Ullandu/Kara Kozhakattai and Poornam Kozhakattai recipe.




Dough in common

Ingredients
Rice flour - 2 cups and little more
Water - 2 cups or more if required.
Nalla Yennai/Gingelli oil/Sesame Oil - 2-3 tspns
Salt a pinch

Preparation Method
In a wide vessel boil water, add oil and salt. Reduce the flame slowly add rice flour and stir continously to form a chapathi dough consistency. Allow it to cool. Grease hands with oil and make small balls out of it. Close a clean wet towel on it to avoid drying.


Poornam/ Sweet Stuffing





Ingredients
Fresh Grated Cocont - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1 cup(powdered)
Cardamom /Elachi- a pinch 

Preparation Method
In a wide kadai, add jaggery with a tspn of water. Allow it to dissolve with stirring on intervals. Add grated coconut and cardamom powder. Mix till its thick and dry. Transfer it to a plate.

To make Kozhakattai


Now take the Rice flour balls.


Spread in hand to form a round shaped cup.
Fill a tspn of coconut filling.


Seal the edges by pressing slowly to form triangle shape.


Steam it in the idli cooker for 15mins.
Poornam Kozhakattai is ready for Lord Ganesha.




Ullandu Stuffing

Ingredients
Ullandu/Urad dal - 1 cup
Dry Red Chilli - 1 no
Green chilli - 2 nos
Asafotida/Hing - a pinch
Oil - 1 tspn
Mustard - 1/2 tspn
Curry leaves - few
Salt
Fresh grated coconut - Optional - 1/2 cup


Preparation Method
Soak Urad dal with green chilli for about 1 hour.
Grind it coarsely not to fine in a mixie with red chilli and salt.
Steam this in Idli cooker for 10 mins or till its well cooked.
Now season it with oil, mustard,hing and curry leaves and grated coconut.
Mix the steamed stuffing and keep aside.


Stuffing is ready.


To make Kozhakattai
Now take the Rice flour balls.
Spread in hand to form a round shaped cup.
Fill a tspn of Urad dal filling.
Seal the edges by pressing slowly to form crescent shape.
Steam it in the idli cooker for 15mins.


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