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Jaggery Kozhukkattai

Jaggery(Sharkkara) Kozhukkattai
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Tamil
Servings 5 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Rice flour Ari podi
  • 3 tsp Oil
  • 1 cup Water
  • Salt A pinch
  • 1 cup Dry grated coconut
  • 1 cup Jaggery Sharkkara

Instructions
 

  • For the crust : 1)Fry the rice flour in a non-stick pan till it becomes moderately hot. Keep it aside.
  • Measure a cup of water into a non-stick pan and allow it to boil.
  • When it boils vigourously, add 2 tsp oil, salt, the roasted rice flour and stir well.
  • Keep stirring and once the water evaporates, take it off the stove.
  • Allow it to cool to a bearable temperature.
  • Knead the cool mixture into a dough leaving no lumps at all.
  • For the filling: 1)Powder the jaggery well.
  • Put it in a non-stick pan and heat it over the flame and allow the jaggery to dissolve.
  • Add the coconut and stir well.
  • After all the water evaporates, take it off the stove.
  • For making the kozhukkattai: 1)Spread oil on your left palm.
  • Take a small quantity of the kneaded dough and make it into a lime-sized ball.
  • Dip your right forefinger in oil and shape the dough into a nice cup with your right finger making the sunken portion of the cup.
  • Keep some filling into the cup.
  • Seal the top nicely with the sides of the cup. It should look like an onion bulb.
  • Prepare all the kozhukkatais like this.
  • Steam in the idli cooker.
  • :- Do not take it out of the cooker when it is hot. It will break.
  • Allow it to cool inside the cooker for sometime. This will hold the kozhukkattai together.
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