SWEET KAARADAI & KOZHUKATTAI
INGREDIENTS:
Rice flour – 1 cup (heaped)
Crushed jaggery – 1 cup ( level cup)
Cardamom – 4
Ghee – 2 tsp.
Cow peas – 2 tsp. ( Black-eyed pea / Kārāmani Payir or Thatta Payir)
Chopped coconut – 1 tablespoon
Water – 1 1/4 cup
METHOD:
- 1)Dry roast rice flour to a golden brown colour.
2)Dry roast cow peas, boil in water and keep aside.
3)Dissolve jaggery in water, strain to remove the mud and dust. Allow it to boil. - 4)Now, add the coconut pieces, ghee, powdered cardamom, cow peas and rice flour.
- 5)Stir well till it becomes like a dough.
- 6)When cool, make small balls out of it, grease your handwith oil, flatten it with your hand, put a small hole in the centre and steam it in an idli plate for 8 to 10 minutes.
- 7)For sweet kozhukattais, make small long balls and steam for 10 minutes.
SALT KAARADAI & KOZHUKATTAI
INGREDIENTS:
Rice flour – 1 cup (heaped)
Ghee – 2 tsp.
Cow peas – 2 tsp.
Chopped coconut – 1 teaspoon
Scraped coconut – 2 tablespoons
Ginger (crushed) – 1/2 tsp.
Chopped curry leaves – few
Green chillies ( chopped) – 1/2 tsp.
Water – 1 1/4 cup
Oil – 2 tsp.
Salt – as per taste
Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp.
Urad dhal – 1/2 tsp.
METHOD:
- 1) Dry roast rice flour to a golden brown colour. Dry roast cow peas, boil in water and keep aside.
- 2) Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan, add mustard seeds and urad dhal. When golden brown, add ginger, green chillies & curry leaves.
- 3) Add water and required amount of salt. Allow it to boil. Now, add the coconut pieces, ghee, cow peas and rice flour. Stir well, till it becomes like a dough.
- 4)When cool, make small balls out of it. Grease your hand with oil, flatten it with your hand, put a small hole in the centre and steam it in an idli plate for 8 to 10 minutes.
- 5)For salt kozhukattais, make small long balls and steam for 10 minutes.
Source : http://shanthisthaligai.blogspot.com
Dear Mam,
Can you please post this receipe to my email, so that i can try it out. thanks kavitha
Thanks for your wishes and linking me. Nice kozhukattais. Hope it came out well.
Very nice.only to-day I saw the web.the next festival is “Sri Rama Navami”. you can write the receipe fo rpanagam, and other dishes
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