Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup – green gram
• 3 tbsp – grated Coconut
• 3/4 Cup – grated Jaggery
• 1 tbsp – Ghee
• 2 tbsp – cashews
• 1/2 tsp – Cardamom powder
• 1 cup – Rice flour
• 2 tbsp – oil
Method:
- Heat a pan with 1/2 cup water, a tsp of oil and a little salt.
- When the water starts to boil, add the rice flour and mix well.
- Remove from flame and keep aside covered with a plate.
- Add green gram to the pan and fry for 2 mins.
- 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 and 1/2 cup water to a heated pan.
- Dissolve the jaggery.
- Once the jaggery syrup thickens, add grated coconut and ground green gram powder. Mix well and remove from flame.
- Fry the cashews in ghee and add it to 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.
- Dip your fingers in oil and take a small ball of dough. Shape into a cup.
- Place the pooran in the cup and press to seal.
- Repeat the same for the rest of the dough and pooran.
- Steam cook kozhukattai in an idli cooker for 5 mins.
- Serve hot.
- Recipe & image courtesy: www.subbuskitchen.com