Poornam Kozhukatai:
(Steamed Sweet Dumplings)
Indian Sweets are famous for its irresisitable delicious taste.. Kozhukatai is a healthy carbohydrate rich food. It has a tremendous nutritional impact. This sweet makes one n all empty up the plates and asking for more….
Ingredients:
- Raw rice - 2 tumbler
- Ghee - 2 tbsp
- Gingely oil - 1 tsp
- Cashew - 5
- Almond - 4
- Fried gram - 4 tbsp
- Sesame seeds - 4 tbsp
- Jaggery (powdered) - 6 tbsp
- Cardamom (powdered) - 2
- Grated coconut - 1 small cup
Method:
To Prepare Outer layer:
- Wash raw rice and soak it for 6 to 8 hours.
- Drain water from it completely, dry it in a clean cotton towel.
- Dry it, such that the rice grains are separated from each other.
- Grind rice grains to fine smooth flour.
- Sieve this flour to remove any granules present in it.
- Put this flour in a cloth (slightly sprinkle water to the cloth) and boil it in an idly cooker for 12 to 15 mins.
- Allow to cool, the boiled rice flour is ready.
- Now take 1 tb water in a bowl, add 1 tbsp gingely oil, salt to it and allow to boil.
- Add the rice flour to this, by stirring continuously until it comes to spongy dough.
- Our outer layer for kozhukatai is ready.
To prepare Sweet Poornam:
- Grind the grated coconut to fine flowers.
- Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan, add this flowers and toss in low flame.
- Grind fried gram, cashew, almond, sesame and jaggery to coarse powder.
- Transfer this coarse powder to the pan and toss for 3 to 4 mins.
- Remove from heat, allow to cool, sprinkle cardamom pwd and make small round balls.
- Our Sweet Poornam (inside stuffing) is ready.
To prepare Kozhukatai:
- Take a little dough (above prepared), make it small lemon sized balls, flatten it.
- Stuff the sweet Poornam ball inside and cover it with dough.
- See to it the poornam is completely covered.
- Stuff all the sweet Poornam balls in dough like this in desired shapes.
- Apply oil on idly plates, transfer this and boil for 10 mins.
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