KOZHUKATTAI ARCHIEVES

              VINAYAGAR CHATURTHI SPECIAL

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When we were kids i will very excited when the vinayagar chaturthi will come. This is the ocassion where my mom make kozhukattai so i will excited for eating it. 

Vinayagar chaturthi is one of most special festival in India. Everyone celebrate it very grandly. We make prasadams like kozhukattai, kara kozhukattai, sundal and many more.         

Now here iam going to make ellu(sesame seeds) kozhukattai and kara kozhukattai using same dough. Iam going to show easy method of making kozhukattai dough stuffed with ellu puranam (sesame stuffing). 

Lets gets started 

                       

KOZHUKATTAI DOUGH 

Rice flour - 1 cup 
Water - 1 1/2 cup 
Salt - 1/2  tsp 
Ghee - 1 tsp 

PROCEDURE 

- In a sauce pan add in water, salt and ghee 
- Allow it to boil and simmer the flame 
- Add in rice flour place the spatula in the vessel and close with the plate 
- Leave it for 10 to 12 mins 
- Mix it gently and allow it to cool 
- Once it is cool down 
- Knead everything together into soft dough. If needed u can sprinkle little water 
- Now i have divided into two parts for  ELLU (SESAME SEEDS) PURANA KOZHUKATTAI and KARA KOZHUKATTAI 

STEP BY STEP PICTURES 

 

In a sauce pan add in water

 

Add in salt 

Add in ghee 

Take rice flour and simmer the flame 

Pour the rice flour in the vessel and donot mix it 

Place the spatula inside the vessel as shown in picture 

Close the sauce pan with the lid 

After 10 minutes it will look like shown in pic 

Mix everything evenly and allow it to cool 

Pour everything in a plate and allow to cool

Once cooled knead into a soft dough if needed sprinkle some water. I have divided into two for ellu (sesame seeds) purana kozhukattai and kara kozhukattai 

       ELLU PURANA (SESAME STUFFED)                              KOZHUKATTAI 

FOR PURANAM 

Sesame seeds (ellu) - 1/2 cup 
Jaggery (vellam) - 1/2 cup 

PROCEDURE 

- Dry roast the ellu (sesame seeds) in a kadai 
- Add in a mixie jar and pulse it once 
- Add in jaggery in a jar and powder it 
- Ellu puranam(sesame stuffing) is ready 
- Store it in a airtight container for future use 

TO MAKE KOZHUKATTAI  

- Take the dough and make into small balls 
- Iam going to use chapathi press 
- Take one small ball and place inbetween the chapathi press and press gently 
- Remove the pressed dough and place the spoon of ellu puranam(sesame stuffing)
- Close the dough and seal the edges 
- Prepare everything like that 
- Cook them like how we make idlies for about 7 minutes 
- Once cooked it will look shining.
- Remove everything to a plate and serve hot 

STEP BY STEP PICTURES 

FOR PURANAM 

In a kadai add in ellu (sesame seeds)

Dry roast till it starts to splutter 

Add in a mixie jar and pulse it for two times 

Add in jaggery and grind it to powder without adding water 

Ellu puranam(sesame filling) is ready 

TO MAKE KOZHUKATTAI 

Take one part of dough and pinch little dough and make into a balls 

Take a chapathi press take some cover and grease it with oil as shown in picture 

Take one ball and keep in the centre of the cover 

Close the cover 

Press gently dont overpress 

Press gently and flatten like shown in picture 

Take the flattened dough and keep some prepared ellu puranam (sesame filling)

Close it and seal the edges as shown in picture 

Arrange everthing in a idli plate and steam it for 7 minutes. 

Remove from steam once cooked. Once cooked it turns glossy on the top. Allow it to cool down for few seconds and transfer to a plate.

Ellu purana kozhukattai (sesame stuffing kozhukattai) is ready  

KARA KOZHUKATTAI 

INGREDIENTS 

Prepared kozhukattai dough  

TO TEMPER

Oil- 1 tsp 

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp 

Curry leaves - 1 strand 

Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tsp 

PROCEDURE 

- Take the other part of the dough and make into small balls 

- Steam them in a idli vessel as we did for purana kozhukattai 

- In a kadai add in oil 

- Add in mustard and splutter 

- Add in greenchilli and curry leaves and saute 

- Add in steamed kozhukattai balls and saute add in little salt 

- Add in finely chopped coriander leaves and mix well 

- Kara kozhukattai is ready to serve 

STEP BY STEP PICTURES 

Take the dough and make into small balls 

Place everything in a idli plates and steam for 7 mins

 

 Once cooked it turns glossy 

In a kadai add in oil 

Add in mustard seeds and splutter 

Add in curry leaves 

Add in chopped green chillies 

Add in steamed kozhukattai balls 

Mix everything evenly and add in required salt 

Add in chopped coriander leaves and mix evenly 

Kara kozhukattai is ready to serve 

Hope you all learned the easy method of making kozhukattai dough for this ganesh chaturthi 

Give it a try for this vinayagar chaturthi  and give us your valuable feedback in the comments section and share the pictures in suruthyscookbook@gmail.com 

  

Kara kozhukattai and ellu purana kozhukattai is ready for gods prasadam

In this pandemic situation everyone enjoy making these kozhukattai as  prasadam and enjoy the festive moment 

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