Upma Kozhukattai recipe with step by step pictures. Upma Kozhukattai is a savoury snack made by steaming pulsed rice which is tempered with spices. Upma Kozhukattai is a tasty, healthy snack that is savoured by all.
Upma Kozhukattai a tasty kozhukattai made using broken raw rice, coconut with the tempering.This can be had for breakfast or as a snack along with coconut chutney too.
It was the first time I tasted upma 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.
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 ?!
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Upma Kozhukattai
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw rice
- 2 cups water
- 3 tablespoon coconut
- salt to taste
To temper:
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 tablespoon chana dal
- few curry leaves
- 2 nos red chillies
- a generous pinch hing
Instructions
- Take raw rice in a mixer and dry grind it to a rava consistency. Set aside.
- 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.
- 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 thick and solid to handle at this stage, switch it off.
- 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 cylindrical dumpling as shown below with your hands. Repeat the same till the mixture gets done.
- Steam the dumplings for at least 10 mins.
- Enjoy Upma Kozhukattai hot with tomato onion or coconut chutney.
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.
How to make Upma Kozhukattai
- 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 🙂
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Enjoy hot with tomato onion or coconut chutney.
Expert Tips
- 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.
Gajus kitchen
Looks so wonderful…feel like grabbing one from the pictures.And the silk saree background adds more charm.
Aarthi
yummy kolukattai…love it
APARNARAJESHKUMAR
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
Archana Chari
My grandmom's special.It's traditionally served with thenga thogyal. Very beautiful pictures!
Premalatha Aravindhan
wow very nice n tempitng…lovely clicks:)
Akila
Wow very nice kozhukkattai… got the idea of using sarees ad props…
Prathibha
Nice kozhukattai , looks delicious
Saraswathi Tharagaram
Vibrant pictures and love to grab whole bowl..
Nandita SS
This is love!!! We notmally make this avarekai or field beans and it tastes awesome!! Great recipe and stunning pictures 🙂
RAKS KITCHEN
I love it a lot, but rarely make it. Looks very tempting…
jeyashrisuresh
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
tamilsasikitchen
Kozhukattai looks delicious…
Nupur
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.
Poornima Nair
One of my favorite snacks growing up, looks delicious!
Suja Manoj
Great snack,looks wonderful.
radha
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.
divya
wow this looks amazing!
Sangeetha
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:(
Reshmi Mahesh
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…
TheYummyMorsel
Lovely kozhukattai! Perfect for the festival.
uma viswa
kozhukattais are easy only when the outer rice oart is soft often it becomes hard that is the sad part
Shrav's Kitchen
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.
Naveen Tariq
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
Pavithra
Hi
Can we make this with idli rice ? Please respond
SHARMILEE J
Not really sure….I always use raw rice for this kozhukattai.
Viji
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.
radha
thank u for the recipe … I made it at home amd my husband just loved them .. thank u 🙂
radha
thank u for the recipe … I made it at home and my Hubby just loved it
Sundari Sekar
This is also called Neer Urundai.
Lakshmi Shankar Iyer
Wow will try
Isha
Hi sharmi.
Can we use wheat rava???
SHARMILEE J
The taste will differ, it will be like rava upma
vidhya das
Do we have to soak the rice before grinding?
SHARMILEE J
No need to soak…