Sweet kolukattai

Ingredients

For the dough

• Raw rice - 1 cup
• Coconut - 1/2 cup
• Oil - 3 tbsp
• Salt to taste

For the stuffing

• Chana dal - 1/2 cup
• Powdered jaggery - 1/4 cup or adjust
• Grated coconut - 2 tbsp 
• Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
• Ghee - 1 tbsp

Method

• Cook the dal till soft & half broken.
• Drain the excess water & mash the dal by adding jaggery.
• Heat the pan with ghee.
• Add the dal mixture & saute well till it turns dry.
• It should become thick enough to make balls.
• Finally mix grated coconut with the dal & remove from heat.
• Allow it to cool & use it for stuffing
• Soak the rice for 1 hour.
• Grind the rice along with coconut to the rava consistency & keep the rice batter ready.
• Heat oil in the pan & add the prepared rice batter & little salt.
• Keep stirring till it becomes tight enough to make balls.
• Remove from heat & transfer it to another vessel. 
• Cover & keep it for few minutes.
• When it is warm enough to handle, take small quantity of the dough to make medium sized ball & keep the stuffing inside.
• Cover it & form it to any desire shape.
• Repeat it with all the balls.
• Now steam boil this balls for 15 to 20 minutes or till it is done.
• Serve hot.

Tips for the recipe - Make balls as soon as possible. Later it becomes hard & it is difficult to make balls.