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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Kozhakattai (Ganesh Chaturthi), Ellu Kozhakattai and Ulundu Kozhakattai

Ganesh Chaturthi

We prepare Kozhakattai, Appam and Vadai on this day for Naivedyam. Kozhakattai is a sweet prepared with coconut, jaggery and rice dumpling prepared on special occasions and for Lord Ganesh on Chaturthi festival.

Ganesh Festival
Ganesh Puja
Kozakattai
  • Grated Coconut...........1cup
  • Powdered Jaggery.......1/2 cup
  • Cardamom Powder.....1 pinch
  • Rice Powder.................2cups
  • Salt .............................1/4 tsp
  • Coconut Oil...................2tsp

Method

  • Grate the coconut.Heat a pan with coconut and jaggery
  • Stir it till the jaggery incorporated with coconut. 
  • When you can able to make small balls remove from flame. 
  • Make small balls and keep.
  • Boil one and half cup water with a pinch of salt and 1tsp oil. 
  • Add the rice powder slowly with out lumps and make thick soft dough. 
  • Knead the dough well. Apply oil in your hands take a little dough and shape it like a cup and keep the sweet coconut balls in the centre and cover all the sides with the fingers. 
  • Steam all the kozhakattais. When they are cooked cool them and remove them to a bowl
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Ellu  Kozhakattai(sesame/Till seeds Kozhakattai)

  • Ellu or Sesame seeds....... 1cup
  • Powdered Jaggery...........1cup
  • Oil................................ 1tsp
  • Rice Powder..................1 cup
  • Salt ..............................1/4 tsp

Method

  • Dry roast the ellu/sesame seeds till they puffs up. 
  • Powder the jaggery and sesame seeds with a pinch of salt.
  • Boil the water with 1tsp oil add the rice flour and make a thick dough. 
  • Take a little rice dough, apply oil and shape like a cup and keep 
  • 1tsp ellu podi in the middle and seal all the sides. Steam them.

Ulundu Kozhakattai

Ingredients

  • Urad Dhal…………….. 1 cup
  • Green Chilies………….3
  • Grated Coconut………. half cup
  • Ginger………………. 1 piece
  • Curry Leaves…………. few
  • Mustard Seeds……… 1tsp
  • Rice Flour………… ..1 cup
  • Water………………..1/2 cup
  • Oil ………………… 1 tsp
  • Salt ………………….1 tsp
  • Asafoetida……………half tsp

Kozhakattai/Festival made with lentil and rice flour
Ulundhu Kozhakattai
Method

  • Soak the dhal for an hour and grind coarsely with chili and salt.
  • Steam this mixture for 10 minutes.
  • Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds curry leaves,chopped ginger asafoetida and when mustard crackle add the steamed mixture and stir well.. 
  • Add coconut and make small balls and keep. 
  • Boil the water in a pan and add oil, salt and rice flour,maida
  • Stir well with out forming lumps. 
  • When it becomes thick dough,cover and keep.
  • Knead the dough with little oil till it becomes smooth. 
  • Make cups and place this dhal pournam and cover them. 
  • Steam all the kozhakattais for ten minutes.