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Ulundu Kozhukattai Recipe
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 4
Ingredients
- Rice flour - 1 cup
- Salt to taste
- Sesame Oil - 2 tbsp
- Urad dal/white lentil - 1/4 cup
- Freshly Grated coconut - 2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig
- Chopped green chilies - 1 tbsp
- Asafoetida - a pinch
- Salt to taste
Instructions
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Heat a heavy bottom pan and add 1 tsp oil and 1 cup of water to it.
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When the water starts boiling, add 1 cup of rice flour and a pinch of salt to it.
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Keep stirring till it becomes a dough and remove from the gas stove. Knead the dough once with oil greased hands when the dough is still warm and keep it aside.
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Soak Urad dal for an hour in some water. Drain the water.
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Add 1 tbsp vegetable oil to a frying pan and when oil is warm add mustard seeds and a pinch of asafoetida.
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When mustard seeds crackle, add curry leaves, green chillies and saute for few seconds and then add the urad dal.
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Add salt to taste and grated coconut and mix well. Transfer it in a bowl and steam it for 5 minutes. Let it cool down and make small balls of it.
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Take a little rice dough and make a ball of it. Press in the middle of the ball and start flattening it and form a cup. Place the urad dal mix in it and close it. Follow the same steps for rest of balls.
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Take an idli plate and place a wet muslin cloth over it. Place all the Kozhukattai on it and steam it for 6-8 minutes.