Kadalai paruppu Poornam Kozhukattai

Kozhukattai is a special dish which is done only on auspicious days. It is a very lengthy process and takes time to done. 'K' don't know the name of the recipe but he keeps on insisting me to do the dish which i did on vinayagar chathurthi. I asked him either sundal or kozhukattai. He said that white color sweet dish :). So, i assumed he's saying kozhukattai and did. Today no urge to cook quickly like festive time. So prepared slowly and i had enough time for capturing pics.

Ingredients:

For Poornam:

• Kadalai paruppu - 1/4 cup
• Coconut - 1/4 cup
• Jaggery - 3/4 cup
• Cardamom powder - a pinch
• Salt - a pinch

For Dough:

• Rice flour - 1 cup
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Water - as needed

Instructions:

• Boil 3 cups of water with oil.
• Dry roast rice flour in a tawa or microwave oven without browning. 
• Once water starts boiling remove it from flame. Take a cup of water from it and keep aside. Add the rice flour and salt to the water and mix it using wooden ladle. Add hot water if needed.
• Once cooled knead with the hand and make  a soft dough.

• Dry roast bengal gram for a couple of min and pressure cook for 3 whistles. Once cooked,allow it to cool and grind it coarsely.
• Heat a pan and add the jaggery with 3 tbsp of water. Once the jaggery dissolved in water, strain it to remove the dust and place it again in stove top.
• Add the coconut, cardamom powder, salt and cooked dal. Cook till the water evaporates.

• Grease your palm with oil, take a small ball of dough and press it gently to make it flat. Keep the poornam in the centre and bring all the corners together and close it.
• Grease idli plate and arrange all the kozhukattai and steam it for 10 mins. Wait for 5 to 10 mins to cool completely.
• Enjoy the delicious kozhukattai.