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 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

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.