Easy ulundu pidi kozhukattai or khara kozhukattai with same ingredients as the traditional ulundu kozhukattai/ khara kozhukattai - Rice flour, urad dal as main ingredients.
But this is perfect for beginners who doesn't want to spend time in making the traditional stuffing method.
Or who doesn't know to make it. Or for a lazy day, yet you want to make and eat the kozhukattai.
Also this is apt to use up the extra ulundu pooranam after vinayakar chaturthi.
My mother used to make this kozhukattai on the day of her monthly fasting on 'Sangada hara Chaturthi prasadam' (offering). Urad dal is very good for health, especially for ladies to strengthen back.
Easy ulundu pidi kozhukattai recipe
Recipe Cuisine:Indian | Recipe Category:Breakfast/ Dinner
Prep Time: 1 Hr soaking time | Cook time: 25 mins | Serves: 4
Ingredients
Rice flour - 1 cup
Urad dhal - ½ cup
water - 2 cup
Green chillies - 4
Asafoetida - 2 pinches
Coconut - 3 tablespoon (Or as per your wish)
Salt- As needed
To temper
Mustard - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - 2 pinches
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Method
- Soak urad dhal for an hour and grind green chillies first and then add asafoetida and urad dal to it. Use inch/juice button in the mixer to grind to a coarse paste.
- Heat a heavy bottomed vessel with 2 teaspoon of oil and add the tadka items. Pour water to it, add required salt.
- When the water starts boiling,add the ground paste, coconut.
- Add rice flour stirring briskly with flame low. Stir till you get a dough consistency,by this time the rice flour should have got half cooked and you get a dough.
- The dough will not be so sticky after it cools down. Grease the idly plate and your hands with oil and make round patties ( kozhukattais ), arrange them and steam cook for 10 minutes.
Notes
- Depending on the variety of rice flour you use, the water gets absorbed quickly or takes time after you add it to the boiling water. Anyways we make patties and steam again, so it doesn't matter much.
- Coconut can be added more or less as per your wish. You can use coconut bits too.
Your tasty,healthy kozhukattai is ready! We enjoyed with chinna vengaya chutney and sambar!
Easy ulundu pidi kozhukattai
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice flour I used idiyappam flour
- ½ cup Urad dal white, whole
- 2 cups water
- 4 Green chillies
- 2 pinches Asafoetida
- 3 tablespoon Grated coconut
- Salt as needed
To temper
- ½ teaspoon Mustard
- 2 pinches Asafoetida
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
Instructions
- Soak urad dhal for an hour and grind green chillies first and then add asafoetida and urad dal to it.
- Use inch/juice button in the mixer to grind to a coarse paste.
- Heat a heavy bottomed vessel with 2 teaspoon of oil and add the tadka items.
- Pour water to it, add required salt.
- When the water starts boiling, add the ground paste, coconut.
- Add rice flour stirring briskly with flame low.
- Stir till you get a dough consistency, by this time the rice flour should have got half cooked and you get a dough.
- The dough will not be so sticky after it cools down.
- Grease the idly plate and your hands with oil and make round patties (pidi kozhukattai)
- Arrange them and steam cook for 10 minutes.
Notes
- Depending on the variety of rice flour you use, the water gets absorbed quickly or takes time after you add it to the boiling water.
- Anyways we make patties and steam again, so it doesn't matter much.
- Coconut can be added more or less as per your wish. You can use coconut bits too.
Uma
Looks so yummy! Simple indeed!
Divya Vikram
Wow..I love kozhukattai s..I dint know it was so easy to prepare with the idly plate..will try it sometime..
Dhivya
wow!kozhukattai my all time favorite...am drooling here,,can i pick one:)))
KayKat
*yum*!
I just made some nombu adais last night, I like these even better 🙂
kamala
Nice step by step picture.A good diet after fasting
Asha
Even I could try these, simple and delcious, love the color of chutney too Raks!:)
Bharathy
Small coin shaped kozhukkattais..this recipe is new to me, Raji!
Why dont you send it for healthy breakfast for MAnsi's WBB??
Seema
Simple & yummy!! Easy one for us...
Laavanya
Great idea.. i love ulundhu kozhukattais and this is super.. easy - no need to stuff... 🙂 Thanks Raks.
Siri
Hey Raji - The Kozhukattai looks yummy..:D This wud b a nice entry to Mansi's 'Balanced Breakfast'...:)
What say?
Siri
Mansi Desai
wow girl! that looks awesome:) I think I'm gonna try it soon! thanks for sending this to WBB!:)
easycrafts
never tried the salt version of kozhakattais...will bookmark ur recipe
srikar's kitchen
nice picture.it looks great.
Seena
Raj,looks like small idlis.! no, never tasted much Tamil food.. 🙂 So in Singapore, one of my destinations is your home for some Tamil food.. 😀
anu
Yum yum
Ramya's Mane Adige
hey, this is very similar to pundi that we make in k'taka... steaming it makes it healthy too!
Sagari
veru nice recipe raks
Daily Meals
Look healthy and yummy...
Swati: Sugarcraft India
Very simple and delicious Raks..Like your chutney too!!
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ANJALI J.
hey thanks Rak! lovely picture
Miri
This item seems to have become very rare in regular breakfast menus - thanks for posting!
LG
Loved this dish, new to me. Will try it Raks. I have tagged you for a MEME, take it when you have time.
Anonymous
Kozhukattai is all time favorite and u remembered my school days when I used to have this during vinayaka chadurthi.
This is first time here and your blog looks good. Thanks for sharing a good recipe.
rani
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