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    Home » Recipes » Vinayagar chaturthi recipes

    Pachai payaru sweet kozhukattai , green moong modak

    Updated on August 30, 2021 by Raks Anand 2 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Pachai payaru sweet kozhukattai recipe with full video and step by step pictures. A flavorful and healthy kozhukattai recipe for the vinayagar chathurti.

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    When I tried vegetarian kaya, I thought I should try this pachai payaru sweet pooranam for kozhukattai this vinayagar chaturthi.

    Though the kaya version involves a lot of stirring as it uses coconut milk, this version of kozhukattai pooranam is easy to prepare as it uses just grated coconut.

    I made with just ¼ cup of pachai payaru, to try it out.

    green moong modak - Pachai payaru sweet kozhuakttai

    Usually I make kozhukattai with Baba’s Idiyappam flour, this time I got Anil kozhukattai flour from Mustafa and made this.

    It was good, only there was a slight texture difference. Baba’s flour is too fine, where as anil kozhukattai flour was coarse when compared.

    But the main thing for kozhukattai is to turn soft, moist, not dry or rubbery.

    If you have pachai payaru at home, sure give it a try for this Ganesh chaturthi or even for an evening snack.

    I have used organic jaggery powder, so refer notes for measurements to be adjusted if you are using other sweeteners.

    If you are looking for unique kozhukattai recipe, do check out my colourful sweet potato modak.

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    Pachai payaru sweet kozhukattai recipe

    Pachai payaru sweet kozhukattai recipe with full video and step by step pictures. A flavourful and healthy kozhukattai recipe for the vinayagar chathurti.
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 20 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes minutes
    Soak time 10 hours hours
    Servings 14
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ¼ cup Pachai payaru Green moong
    • ¾ cup Jaggery powder
    • ½ cup Coconut grated
    • 2 Cardamom Crushed

    For kozhukattai skin

    • ¾ cup Idiyappam flour Rice flour/ Kozhukattai
    • Salt
    • 2 teaspoon Sesame oil
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    Instructions

    • First wash and soak green moong overnight. Next day, drain water, pressure cook with ¾ cup water for 4-5 whistles.
    • Mash well. In a heavy bottomed pan, heat mashed green moong, jaggery powder. It will become watery as jaggery melts.
    • Add grated coconut, cardamom powder and keep cooking.
    • At once stage, it will become thick. Switch off flame.
    • Cool down and make equal sized balls out of it.
    • To prepare dough, in a bowl, mix flour, salt, sesame oil. Boil water and add the hot water to flour.
    • Once warm enough to handle, knead to a smooth dough. Divide into equal sized balls.
    • Grease your hands with sesame oil. Make bowl shape out of the dough.
    • Place the stuffing inside. Gather the sides to cover the stuffing and make modak shape. Refer video for easy understanding.
    • Steam cook for 8 mins or until the outer cover is shiny.

    Video

    Notes

    • Make sure to pressure cook with right amount of water to cook the dal.
    • I pressure cooked by keeping inside a container in the pressure cooker. If cooking direct, the water quantity may be needed more.
    • If water is more in the cooked dal, drain it. Otherwise will take long time for the pooran to get ready.
    • While measuring jaggery, make sure to powder well for precise measurement.
    • Keep the kozhukattai dough covered always. Using sesame oil helps to prevent the dough from drying out.
    • After making balls out of the dough, if it is dry while making cups, knead again to make it smooth.
    • Grease your hands well with sesame oil everytime while making cups.
    • Water should boil well to make a perfect dough. Otherwise, the kozhukattai might break.
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    Stepwise photos

    • First wash and soak green moong overnight. Next day, drain water, pressure cook with ¾ cup water for 4-5 whistles.
    payaru-kozhukattai-step1
    • Mash well. In a heavy bottomed pan, heat mashed green moong, jaggery powder. It will become watery as jaggery melts.
    payaru-kozhukattai-step2
    • Add grated coconut, cardamom powder and keep cooking.
    payaru-kozhukattai-step3
    • At once stage, it will become thick. Switch off flame. Cool down and make equal sized balls out of it.
    payaru-kozhukattai-step4
    • To prepare dough, in a bowl, mix flour, salt, sesame oil. Boil water and add the hot water to flour.
    Dough
    • Once warm enough to handle, knead to a smooth dough. Divide into equal sized balls.
    Rolled balls
    • Grease your hands with sesame oil. Make bowl shape out of the dough.
    payaru-kozhukattai-step5
    • Place the stuffing inside. Gather the sides to cover the stuffing and make modak shape. Refer video for easy understanding.
    payaru-kozhukattai-step6
    • Steam cook for 8 mins or until the outer cover is shiny.
    payaru-kozhukattai-step7

    Enjoy hot! Soft and filling pachai payaru sweet poorana kozhukattais.

    green-moong-modak

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      Peanut kozhukattai, verkadalai poornam kozhukattai
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    Comments

    1. Mallika P Datar

      August 26, 2020 at 2:50 am

      So I've been having issues making this because the dough starts breaking apart and becomes thick when I wrap it around the stuffing. What am I doing wrong? 🙁
      This recipe looks so amazing... Want to perfect the outer covering 🙁

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      • Raks Anand

        August 26, 2020 at 2:44 pm

        Have you tried watching the video? Do you have any doubts about how hot the water should be or something like that? Let me also know which rice flour you are using.

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