Its ulundu kozhukattai recipe for vinayagar charthurthi special this week. I am excited about the long weekend coming up have so much plans right from cooking, relaxing, spending time with family and shopping so am very much looking forward for it. You can check the modak(pooranam kozhukattai) sweet version kozhukattai here (have updated with stepwise) which I posted last year so I’m posting savoury kozhukattaiai this year.
The stuffing is simple and flavourful that it can get over in a jiffy by itself 🙂 I always make the stuffing ready after that making kozhukattai outer dough is just a breeze.Savoury modaks are ready to be served. Tastes best when served hot or warm. We make both sweet and savoury kozhukattai and I luv both 🙂
Ulundu Kozhukattai Recipe – Ingredients
Preparation Time : 40 mins | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Makes : around 20
Recipe Category: Snack | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe Category: Snack | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Urad dal(ulutham paruppu) – 1/2 cup
Green chillies – 2 to 3
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Coconut – 2 tbsp
Salt – to taste
To temper:
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Hing (Perungayam ) – a pinch
Curry leaves – few
Turmeric powder – a pinch
For the outer covering
Rice flour(Idiyappam flour) – 3/4 cup
Salt – to taste
Water – as required to form a dough
Method:
- Soak urad dhal for an hour. Drain water and grind it with green chillies very coarsely. Just run the mixer once or twice to make it coarse. Do not make it pastey. Set aside.
- Steam the urad dal mixture for 7-10mins.Cool down and crumble it with ur fingers,set aside.Now heat oil, add mustard seeds let it crackle then add curry leaves,turmeric powder and hing.
- Simultaneously boil water till it starts bubbling vigorously.Add salt and boiling water to rice flour little by little and mix it with the help of a laddle. Mix it till it gathers to a smooth dough. Allow it to cool for 2-3 mins then knead once with your hands to make a smooth dough but it will be slightly sticky.Keep aside.
- Next add the coarsely grinded urad dhal green chilli mixture and saute until it becomes dry and raw smell completely leaves, it may take 7-10mins. Add required salt. Then add coconut mix well and switch off. Now your inner stuffing is ready.Grease ur hands with oil make small lemon sized balls.
- Then flatten it slightly thin (or make it as cup) then add a tsp of ulunthu stuffing / filling and seal it as shown below.Repeat this until the entire dough finishes. This is the easiest method I am following till date 🙂
- Press the ends and seal it completely and make the design by pressing ur thumb. You can also make designs with fork or use readymade shapes.Steam the kozhukattais for about 10-12mins or until the outer cover turns shiny which shows the kozhukattais are done.
The stuffing can be anything sweet too like coconut channa dhal stuffing or sesame jaggery, it tastes good too. 
My Notes:
- There are few other ways to make savoury kozhukattai too even without filling. Just make the kozhukattai balls, steam it then temper it with the above said items which is called ammini kozhukattai.
- Be very careful to run the mixie just once or twise else the urad dhal will get pastey.
- You can either use homemade rice flour or riceflour that we get in shops, the fine variety thay call it as idiyappam flour.
I have never made savoury version of this..Your clicks are alluring..Nice step by step pics..Thanks for the recipe
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Kozhukattai looks lovely!looks delicious!
Love the post, recipe n pics ~ can't stop staring!
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We just make panchakajjaya for this festival..wish you and your family happy vinayaka chathurthi..the food looks good 🙂
The stuffing sounds yummy…Wud love to try some:-) Lovely clicks as always
This is on my todo list this week 🙂 Looks good Sharmi.
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Looks yum and very nice clicks
one of my fav..too good..
Looks absolutely perfect.. thanks for sharing dear 🙂
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Lovely healthy stuffing,kozhukattais looks beautiful..
Looks perfect n tempting ..Never tried this ..thanks for the step by step pics 🙂
thats a healthy treat!! 🙂 will make it someday
This is super divine and delicious 🙂 Loving it. WOWWW now thats like a fantastic festival series in your blog 🙂 Looking forward for more and pretty eager too 🙂
I have never made this kind of kolukattai. Got to give it a shot. Oh no 🙁 will be out of town for vinayakar chathurthi this year so will not be able to post 🙁
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Happy Chaturthi Sharmi! That looks yummy. Love your clicks. The last click with the dish on the foreground and Ganesha's murthy in the background is very well taken. 🙂
Savory version of kozhukattai is so superb… very new to me:) Beautiful pics Sharmi… the Ganesha idol is the background is very pleasing to the eye and gives a very traditional feel to the pics… loved it..
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Kozhukatai looks too good,am eagerly waiting for the festival day! Wonderful clicks as usual! Kalakkita!:)
I made them last year, looks great.
Happy Vinayaga Chathurthi! Love the Ganesha.
Delicious kozhukattais. Nice version of poor nam and cute clicks. Happy Ganesha chaturthi
Simply delectable… thanks for sharing..
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Nice savory version… Looks so yummy…
i too have this recipe in my list to post this week…your's savory version is so interesting n easy…looks so soft n delectable….very nice clicks sharmi..
This looks just like "ela ada" just the stuffing is differ.ent. Amazing clicks dear. happy vinayaga chathurdhi.
This is my favorite stuffing.. it's like eating ulundhu vadai and kozhukattai together! 🙂
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Your kolukattai look so adorable and tasty!
Loved the filling…Happy Ganesh Chathurthi…
wow very new kozhukattai…..love the picks!….
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Wow Sharmi!!! This is just too good!!!! Cant wait to try this out for Chaturthi…!! Well explained & nice clicks..
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This kozhukattai sounds new to me…I am tempted to make some now..
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Never tasted this before. Looks absolutely delicious, Sharmi..Amazing clicks as usual..
Ulundhu kozhukattai looks delicious. I love it.
Never had this before, they look so delicious and yr clicks are beautiful.
Nice recipe. We usually make this for nagapanchami
Delicious Kozhukattai,stuffing is really interesting…luks yum…
The kozhikatai looks yumm…takes me back to mom's and grandmom's kitchen.
Never tried this before..stuffing sounds delicious..yum
With the festival coming on a weekday I'm not sure how I'll manage but the kozhakattai looks tempting. Could you send some over for the Pillayar at my home too ? 😀
I make the filling on its own but never thought of use it as stuffing.
You are making me feel the festive season dear, kozhukatti is so delicious. Marvellous pics.
the step by step pic make it simple.. but i can see that it is some work!:) fantastic clicks !
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This Kozhukatai recipe is very new to me.Never tasted this filling before.Urs looks very delicious..
They look so lovely.
Great!!! I saw this Page on home PC & saw my wife handing this to me which she has done. Hmm…..very nice. Great to see her experiment & execute!!
@Anon : Thats really great to hear….thank you so much for trying and giving me feedback too! 🙂
Hi sharmi, im ur biggest fan.. i love ur dishes and clicks .its very simple and good actually i learned lots and lot from ur blog thank u very much.. every day morning i never forgt to chk ur blog..keep going..