Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Kozhukattai / Mothagam



Ingredients:
Rice flour - 2 Cup(s)
Water - 1 Cup
Jaggery - 7-8 pieces / brown Sugar
Grated Coconut - 1/4 cup
Sesame Oil - 1 Tsp
Cardamom - 2 
Skinless Pasipayaru (Green bean) - 1/2 cup
Salt - 1 Tsp


Method:
  1. Boil water in a pan.Add Salt and Sesame oil.
  2. Once water starts boiling, gradually add the rice flour. Mix it well and see to that no lumps are formed.
  3. Allow it to cool. It should be in Chapati consistency.
  4. Cooked Pasipayar Green bean and let dry.
  5. For preparing pooranam (coconut sweet), in a pan add jaggery, sprinkle water and allow it to melt. Do not add more water.
  6. Powder cardamom seeds.
  7. Once jaggery starts melting add coconut, pasipayar and cardamom powder and keep mixing for sometime.
  8. Allow it to cool.
  9. Now form balls with the rice flour and small balls with the pasipayar coconut sweet.
  10. Make a cup like structure or a flat structure (whichever is comfortable) with the rice flour and place the pasipayar coconut sweet ball in it.
  11. Close the cup leaving a beak like appearance. (you can make any Shape)
  12. Steam the Kozhukattai for 10 mins.
  13. Your sweet is ready !

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