Thursday, April 15, 2010

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.

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