Ellu kozhukattai recipe
Ellu kozhukattai recipe with step by step pictures - Vinayagar chaturthi recipes- Mothagam with Sesame, jaggery and coconut stuffed modaks, perfect for the celebration!
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- ½ cup Idiyappam flour or processed rice flour
- 1 teaspoon Sesame oil
- Water - As needed
- Salt
Stuffing
- ½ cup Sesame seeds I used black ellu
- ¾ cup Jaggery powdered
- ¼ cup Grated coconut
- 1 Cardamom
Instructions
- For the stuffing, wash sesame seeds well for 3 to 4 times in lots of water. (If using white, you can skip this step.
- You have to remove all the impurities and spread it over a clean kitchen cloth. Let it be for 15 mins.
- Mean while, for the dough, bring water to boil with a teaspoon of sesame oil and let it boil for a minute.
- Add it to the flour with salt and mix well. Use a spatula for mixing. You may need more than double the times of water. So make sure you boil enough.
- After it becomes warm, knead to a smooth dough and keep covered. You can make equal sized balls and keep covered.
- By now the sesame seeds will be dry and roast it well until it pops.
- Add jaggery and coconut to it and mix in low flame. As an optional step, you can grind the sesame seeds coarsely and proceed with the pooranam making.
- Continue heating in medium flame until the jaggery melts and completely mixes.
- When it starts leaving the sides, pour and cool down in a plate.
- When it is still warm, make equal sized balls.
- Make small cups and stuff the sesame inside. You can refer the VIDEO for help.
- Steam it for 8 to 10 minutes. (water should boil before you place the kozhukattai inside the steamer).
Video
Notes
- You can use white sesame seeds as well.
- Roasting the sesame well until it pops is must.
- Grinding the sesame is purely optional but it will be good in mouth than whole sesame seeds.
- I find idiyappam flour better than the kozhukattai flour available in market, do try it.