Kozhukattai/Modak

Kozhukattais are very traditional sweet prepared on Ganesh chadurthi. Kids usually love to have kozhukattais and the stuffing differs in each house as per their taste . Spicy kozhukattais are also prepared which requires only sauting of mustard seeds,Channa dhal,curry leaves,chillies, onions and coconut .,Which are added to rice dough before steaming. My family loves kozhukattais with Jack fruit and moong dhal stuffing . It is loaded with nutrients so, its very healthy too. During summer season , I stock Jack fruit and cook them in jaggery syrup and store it in freezer. Vinayagar Chadurthi is not complete without the Jack fruit stuffed modagam or kozhukattai in our house. You can skip the Jack fruit stuffing alone in this recipe in case you don’t have it in hand. Lets get started with the recipe of how to make that yummy kozhukattais.

⏲PREP TIME : 30 minutes

⏲COOK TIME : 1O minutes

🥘CUISINE : Indian

🍜COURSE : Gluten free dessert

🍴YIELD : 10 servings

INGREDIENTS REQUIRED:

RAW RICE FLOUR – 1 CUP ( my 1cup =250ml )

BOILING WATER – 1 – 1 &1/2 CUP

JAGGERY SYRUP- 1/4 cup

GRATED COCONUT – 3 tbsp

CARDAMOM POWDER – 1/2 tbsp

BLACK SESAME SEEDS – 1tsp

MOONG DHAL – 1/4 cup

SALT – 1/2 tsp

OIL – 1 tbsp

METHOD:

Boil water by adding salt and oil.

Add the boiling water to roasted rice flour little by little to make a smooth dough.

Keep the dough closed aside .

FOR JAGGERY SYRUP:

Heat a pan add 3 tbsp jaggery and little water stir well .

Once the jaggery is dissolved, stop the flame, strain it and keep aside.

Roast the sesame seeds ,powder it keep aside.

Pressure cook moong dhal .

Heat the pan add the cooked moong dhal,sesame powder,jaggery syrup,cardamom powder and grated coconut.

Stir well until they come together.

Make small balls with the stuffing prepared.

Now roll the rice dough into balls and flatten them in Palm.

Place a teaspoon of stuffing and close the balls.

Using mould you can give it a shape.

Apply oil to the mould to remove them easily .

In a steamer or idli cooker, place the kozhukattais and cook for 10 minutes.

Kozhukattais get a shine when they are done.

Now kozhukattais are ready to serve.

NOTE :

You can even soak raw rice , grind it then in hot pan pour this , add a spoon of oil , stir well until it becomes thick nonsticky dough.

I have used Jack fruit jaggery filling( instead of sesame seeds) which I had preserved in freezer .

You can use banana or mango instead of Jack fruit. Just chop the fruits, cook them in jaggery syrup ,cool it and use it.

Add few drops of oil to hot water for glazzy modak.

If using store bought kolukatai flour, dry roast it without fail.

Apply oil to the mould everytime to remove kozhukatai easily without sticking.