Vella Kozhukattai Recipe
Vella Kozhukattai Recipe with step by step pictures. Vella(Jaggery) Kozhukattai as the name suggests is made by steaming rice flour mold with jaggery syrup. Vella Kozhukattai is mild in sweet and is made during Ganesh Chaturthi.
Servings15 Kozhukattais
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup raw rice
- 1/2 cup jaggery
- 2 cups water
- 2 tablespoon coconut
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
- ghee to taste
Instructions
- Soak jaggery in warm water(till immersing level say 3/4 to 1 cup) , crush it well.
- Then heat it up for 3mins..no consistency check has to be done here.Strain and keep aside.
- Grind raw rice to a coarse mixture more like rava consistency.Set aside.
- In a nonstick pan add jaggery syrup along with water, cococnut and cardamom powder. Let it come to a rolling boil, at this stage add rice mixture.
- Keep in low flame and cook for 5mins then keep it closed. Check if rice is cooked then keep stirring to avoid burning at the bottom.
- When it becomes a thick mass and comes together cook for 3 more mins and switch off. Allow it to cool down for few mins.
- Grease your hands with oil / ghee then take a small portion and make cylindrical shapes and press it with your fingers to get the impression...repeat the same for the entire mixture.
- Then arrange it in a idli plate and steam it for 7-10mins.
- While serving you can add a teaspoon of ghee for the extra flavour and shine too. Enjoy Vella Kozhukattai!
Notes
- Make sure you use only 2 cups of water including jaggery syrup.
- If you are not confident of the exact consistency to switch off, you can just take a small ball and roll and see, if it forms a ball then its the right consistency.
- Dont make jaggery syrup thick else rice will not get cooked easily.Keep your jaggery syrup runny just like water.
- Make sure the rice is almost cooked before steaming this ensure soft kozhukattais.
- Make sure you grind raw rice only to a coarse rava like mixture, dont powder it fine.
Nutrition Facts
Vella Kozhukattai Recipe
Amount Per Serving (40 g)
Calories 53
Calories from Fat 3
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.3g0%
Saturated Fat 0.2g1%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.01g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.02g
Sodium 2mg0%
Potassium 10mg0%
Carbohydrates 12g4%
Fiber 0.1g0%
Sugar 7g8%
Protein 0.5g1%
Vitamin C 0.03mg0%
Calcium 5mg1%
Iron 0.1mg1%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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