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Pidi Kozhukattai – Upma Kozhukattai Recipe | Ganesh Chaturthi Recipes

September 14, 2012 by Sharmilee J 40 Comments

Pidi Kozhukattai

It was the first time I tasted pidi kozhukattai as a evening snack at a near by restaurant and they served it with black channa curry and it was a yum combo.But onion tomato chutney is also one of the apt combos for this kozhukattai.

Pidi Kozhukattai Recipe

Last week when I was googling for vinayagar(ganesh) chathurthi recipes, I saw pidi/upma kozhukattai being one of them and coincidentally the suppliment that comes with aval vikatan had the recipe too….I grabbed the idea from there and here is the pidi kozhukattai recipe from my kitchen.
I should admit that all my silk sarees are being used more often as props than I wore it in the recent days haha…anyways it is better than sleeping the wardrobe for long what say ?! 🙂

Upma Kozhukattai Recipe

Pidi Kozhukattai Recipe – Ingredients

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Snack| Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Raw Rice – 1 cup
Water – 2 cups
Grated Coconut – 3 tbsp
Salt – to taste

To temper:

Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
Channa Dal – 2 tbsp
Curry leaves – few torn roughly
Red Chillies – 2 broken
Hing – a generous pinch

Method:

  1. Take raw rice in a mixer and dry grind it to a rava consistency. Set aside. And thats my new mixing bowl that I got in home center 🙂
    How to make pidi kozhukattai - Step1
  2. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds , allow it to crackle then add all other items under ‘to temper’ let it to slightly brown, add coconut saute for 2mins.Then add required water,salt and allow it to boil.
    How to make pidi kozhukattai - Step2
  3. Once water starts to boil add the raw rice and keep stirring to avoid forming lumps. Once the rice gets cooked and the water is absorbed fully, the rice mixture will become thicka nd solid to handle at this stage, switch it off.
    How to make pidi kozhukattai - Step3
  4. Spread the mixture on a plate and Let it to cool for a while.When the mixture is still warm – Grease your hands slightly with oil…Then take a fistful of the mixture and roll them into a cylinderical dumpling as shown below with your hands.Repeat the same till the mixture gets done. Steam the dumplings for atleast 10 mins.
    How to make pidi kozhukattai - Step3

Enjoy hot with tomato onion or coconut chutney.

Pidi Kozhukattai

My Notes:

  • The consistency in grinding the mixture is purely our choice, if you like it even more fine then go ahead.We liked ours a bit on the coarse side.
  • Make the kozhukattais when its still warm and steam it. Do not let it open for a long time which will cause the mixture to be dry ending up in hard kozhukattais.
  • If you like the chunky pieces then add coconut bits instead of grated coconut.
  • You can use upma rava(white rava) too for making this kozhukattai.

Pidi Kozhukattai Recipe

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  1. DivyaGCP says

    September 14, 2012 at 3:51 am

    Have heard about this kozhukattai.. But I havent tasted it. Kozhukattai's look delicious and inviting. Could grab one right off the screen..

    Divya's Culinary Journey

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  2. Gajus kitchen says

    September 14, 2012 at 3:58 am

    Looks so wonderful…feel like grabbing one from the pictures.And the silk saree background adds more charm.

    Reply
  3. Aarthi says

    September 14, 2012 at 4:00 am

    yummy kolukattai…love it

    Reply
  4. APARNARAJESHKUMAR says

    September 14, 2012 at 4:02 am

    well 🙂 from my child hood i have been tasting this :)instead of gratting, if u cut in to small small piece, Every bit of pidi kozhukattai will have the coconut and taste is divine { my grand mother use to say} .

    Beautifully clicked 🙂 loved your saree collection

    Reply
  5. Archana Chari says

    September 14, 2012 at 4:08 am

    My grandmom's special.It's traditionally served with thenga thogyal. Very beautiful pictures!

    Reply
  6. Premalatha Aravindhan says

    September 14, 2012 at 4:13 am

    wow very nice n tempitng…lovely clicks:)

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  7. Akila says

    September 14, 2012 at 4:13 am

    Wow very nice kozhukkattai… got the idea of using sarees ad props…

    Reply
  8. Prathibha says

    September 14, 2012 at 4:36 am

    Nice kozhukattai , looks delicious

    Reply
  9. Saraswathi Tharagaram says

    September 14, 2012 at 5:06 am

    Vibrant pictures and love to grab whole bowl..

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  10. Sameena Prathap says

    September 14, 2012 at 5:59 am

    that looks awesome….spetacular…:)

    Dr.Sameena@

    http://myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  11. Priya R says

    September 14, 2012 at 6:08 am

    Beautiful dumplings and wonderful clicks… love them all. Did you see the credit i gave for your recipe in my wall? do check it out dear

    Priya
    Rose Celebration Cake for Husband

    Reply
  12. Nandita SS says

    September 14, 2012 at 7:24 am

    This is love!!! We notmally make this avarekai or field beans and it tastes awesome!! Great recipe and stunning pictures 🙂

    Reply
  13. Nivedhanams Sowmya says

    September 14, 2012 at 8:12 am

    I love this upuma kozhukattai my mom makes!! Such a nice homey and comfort food!!

    Sowmya

    Ongoing Event – Coconut

    Ongoing Event – Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids – Combo Meals

    Reply
  14. RAKS KITCHEN says

    September 14, 2012 at 8:19 am

    I love it a lot, but rarely make it. Looks very tempting…

    Reply
  15. jeyashrisuresh says

    September 14, 2012 at 8:54 am

    Even most of my sarees are used for this and i am happy atleast i can use for this purpose:)
    Super tempting healthy kozhukattais. Nice clicks and waiting for the paal kozhukattai

    Reply
  16. tamilsasikitchen says

    September 14, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    Kozhukattai looks delicious…

    Reply
  17. Nupur says

    September 14, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    So these are your Silk Saarees which made me ponder everytime Sharmi..

    Lovely clicks as always.. and I loved the concept of tehse balls as snack, might try for tonights starter.

    Reply
  18. Poornima Nair says

    September 14, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    One of my favorite snacks growing up, looks delicious!

    Reply
  19. Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj says

    September 14, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    nice kozhukattai… but i love sweet version than savory one…
    VIRUNTHU UNNA VAANGA

    Reply
  20. Suja Manoj says

    September 14, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    Great snack,looks wonderful.

    Reply
  21. radha says

    September 14, 2012 at 5:22 pm

    The saree looks lovely and you are putting it to good use.
    Have not had this dish for a long time. And I think i should make it soon. If I am not mistaken, we could also eat it with a thick jaggery syrup even though it is a savoury item.

    Reply
  22. divya says

    September 14, 2012 at 8:49 pm

    wow this looks amazing!

    Reply
  23. Sangeetha says

    September 14, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    pidi kozhukattai looks very delicious n its my fav snack too..yes, spicy tomato chutney is the best combo,we used to add a 1tbsp moongdal along with rice…
    loved your saree color, this time i didn't bring even a single silk saree here, now feeling for it:(

    Reply
  24. Shweta in the Kitchen says

    September 14, 2012 at 9:59 pm

    Something new for me , looks delicious, will try it soon

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    Reply
  25. Reshmi Mahesh says

    September 15, 2012 at 3:29 am

    Tempting pidi kozhukattai..Lovely clicks…Using saree for bg is really nice…I have only 2 sarees here and they have made already many entries in posts…Miss my collection…

    Reply
  26. TheYummyMorsel says

    September 16, 2012 at 2:09 pm

    Lovely kozhukattai! Perfect for the festival.

    Reply
  27. uma viswa says

    September 23, 2012 at 2:31 am

    kozhukattais are easy only when the outer rice oart is soft often it becomes hard that is the sad part

    Reply
  28. Shrav's Kitchen says

    September 24, 2012 at 8:46 am

    Hey Sharmi , I tried it yesterday and it came out so yummy. The other variation would be to add some onion, ginger and green chiilies to it. It will taste good.

    Reply
  29. Naveen Tariq says

    February 1, 2013 at 1:21 pm

    ReaL good effort ur doing sharmi! I hv tried so many of ur recipes now after a long long time and they all remind me of khilai who was from Kerala. Forever grateful! Naveen, Karachi

    Reply
  30. Pavithra says

    May 28, 2013 at 7:40 pm

    Hi

    Can we make this with idli rice ? Please respond

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      May 29, 2013 at 12:06 pm

      Not really sure….I always use raw rice for this kozhukattai.

      Reply
  31. Viji says

    July 12, 2013 at 2:11 pm

    My mom used to prepare this kozhukattai, this is my fav. tiffin, along with tomato chutney. But after my marriage, as I dono to prepare this dish, I have never tried it. But yesterday, I tried this dish learning from your blog. It came out very well. Thanks for posting such an authentic dish which inspired me to cook this dish.

    Reply
  32. radha says

    September 14, 2013 at 3:09 pm

    thank u for the recipe … I made it at home amd my husband just loved them .. thank u 🙂

    Reply
  33. radha says

    September 14, 2013 at 3:10 pm

    thank u for the recipe … I made it at home and my Hubby just loved it

    Reply
  34. Sundari Sekar says

    November 12, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    This is also called Neer Urundai.

    Reply
  35. Lakshmi Shankar Iyer says

    May 4, 2014 at 4:31 am

    Wow will try

    Reply
  36. Isha says

    January 20, 2016 at 9:07 am

    Hi sharmi.
    Can we use wheat rava???

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      January 21, 2016 at 1:39 am

      The taste will differ, it will be like rava upma

      Reply
  37. vidhya das says

    October 21, 2016 at 11:06 am

    Do we have to soak the rice before grinding?

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      October 23, 2016 at 2:58 am

      No need to soak…

      Reply

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