Method
- Take a pan, add 1/2 a cup of water, a teaspoon of oil and a little salt.
- When the water starts to boil, add the rice flour and mix it well; remove from flame and keep aside covered with a plate.
- Add green gram to the pan and fry for some time.
- Cook the fried gram in a pressure cooker up to 3 whistles.
- Strain the excess water from the cooked green gram and grind it lightly in a mixer.
- Add grated jaggery to a pan; add some water to dissolve the jaggery.
- Once the jaggery syrup thickens, add grated cocunut and ground green gram powder, mix well and remove from flame.
- Fry the cashew in the ghee and then add it in the green gram mixture.
- To this add cardamom powder.
- Take the rice flour mixture in a bowl, sprinkle some warm water and some oil.
- Knead to make a dough.
- Take some oil in a bowl; dip your fingers in the oil, take a little of the rice flour dough and shape into a cup.
- Place the pooran in the cup and cover from all sides to peak at the top.
- Repeat the same for the rest of the dough and pooran.
- Steam cook kozhukattai in an idli cooker up to 5 mins.
- Serve hot.
Recipe & image courtesy: www.subbuskitchen.com