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    Kolukattai Recipe | Kara Pidi Kolukattai Recipe | Upma Kozhukattai Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Kolukattai Recipe | Kara Pidi Kolukattai Recipe | Upma Kozhukattai Recipe with Step wise pictures. Delicious soft kolukattai recipe made using raw rice. It is so easy to make and so delicious to eat. Perfect for breakfast too.

    Kolukattai Recipe | Kara Pidi Kolukattai

    Kolukattai Recipe | Kara Pidi Kolukattai Recipe - Upma Kozhukattai Recipe with Step wise pictures. Delicious soft kolukattai recipe made using raw rice. It is so easy to make and so delicious to eat. Perfect for breakfast too.

    This has become one of my favorite kolukattai, it was so soft in texture and i loved the taste of that too. I am a big fan of steamed dumplings, i have quite a few recipe here in my blog too. You can check out all of them here. This recipe was on my mind ever since i made rice flour at home, It is super easy to make and taste so yummy.

    Table of Contents

    • About Upma Kozhukattai | Kara Pidi Kozhukattai
    • 📖 Recipe Card
    • Kara Pidi Kozhukattai Recipe | Upma Kozhukattai Recipe
    • Kara Pidi Kozhkattai Using Raw Rice
    • Kara Pidi Kozhukattai Recipe Using Rice Rava

    About Upma Kozhukattai | Kara Pidi Kozhukattai

    Upma, uppumavu, or uppittu is a breakfast dish from the Indian subcontinent that is most common in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, TamilNadu, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtrian, and Sri Lankan Tamil. It is made from dry-roasted semolina or coarse rice flour. Arisi Upma is a traditional and simple breakfast or evening tiffin. Its
    a common breakfast in most Tamil Brahmin households. Arisi Upma is made with raw rice, toor dal, pepper, and seasoning ingredients. Rice and dal are pounded to a rava-like coarse powder with peppercorns first.

    Kozhukkattai, also known as kozhukatta, is a popular South Indian dumpling made from rice flour and filled with grated coconut, jaggery, or chakkavaratti. Kozhukattai, while typically sweet, can occasionally be stuffed with a savoury filling. Kerala Christians prepare it on the Saturday before Palm Sunday, hence the name
    Kozhukatta Saturday. Modak is a similar dish that is prepared in other parts of India. This is a popular dish for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.

    Roasted Rice Kozhukattai
    Rice Kozhukattai
    Poha Kozhukattai
    Oats Kozhukattai
    Rava Kozhukattai
    Ammini Kozhukattai
    Upma Kozhukattai

    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

    Ingredients for Upma Kozhukattai Recipe

    Rice Rava / Arisi Rava / Broken Rice :
    Rice rava is simply coarsely ground rice or rice semolina. Because rice semolina is gluten free, it is beneficial to those who are gluten intolerant. It contains a lot of carbohydrates and thus a lot of energy. Rice semolina increases your intake of B-complex vitamins, particularly folate and thiamine.

    Urad dal :

    When cooked, urad has an earthy flavour and an unusual mucousy texture.

    Dry Red Chilli :
    Dry red chilli is a condiment that enhances the flavour and colour of food. It contains medicinal and homoeopathic properties. We provide red chillies that are uniform in shape and size. It is mostly used to season foods. The chillies have a strong flavour.

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    Kara Pidi Kozhukattai Recipe | Upma Kozhukattai Recipe

    Delicious soft kozhukattai recipe made using raw rice. It is so easy to make and so delicious to eat. Perfect for breakfast too.
    3.50 from 6 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 257kcal
    Author: Aarthi

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Raw Rice
    • ½ cup Coconut
    • 1 tbsp Oil
    • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
    • 1 tbsp Urad dal
    • ¼ tsp Asafoetida
    • a sprig Curry leaves a sprig
    • 2 Green Chillies chopped finely
    • Water
    • Salt to taste

    Instructions

    • Take raw rice in a blender and powder it coarsely.
    • Heat oil in a pan, add in mustard seeds, urad dal and let it sizzle. Add in curry leaves, asafoetida and green chillies. Mix well.
    • Add in water and bring it to a boil.
    • Add in salt and coconut and mix well.
    • Add in rice rava and mix well. Cover and cook for 15 mins.
    • Shape it into balls and steam for 10 mins.
    • Serve.

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 1servings | Calories: 257kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 80mg | Potassium: 95mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg
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    Kara Pidi Kozhkattai Using Raw Rice

    1)Take Raw Rice in a blender and powder coarsely.

    3)Now rice is powdered

    4)Heat oil in a pan, add in mustard and urad dal

    5)Add in some asafoetida

    6)Let it brown

    7)Add in curry leaves and green chillies

    8)Fry them for a min

    9)Add in water

    10)Add salt

    11)Now add in coconut

    12)Mix well and bring everything to a boil

    13)Add powdered rice

    14)Mix well

    15)Simmer the flame and cook everything for 10 to 15 mins

    16)Now it is done

    17)Shape it into dumplings and steam for 10 mins

    18)Serve

     

    Kara Pidi Kozhukattai Recipe Using Rice Rava

     

    This has become one of my favorite kozhukattai, it was so soft in texture and i loved the taste of that too. I am a big fan of steamed dumplings, i have quite a few recipe here in my blog too. You can check out all of them here.

    This recipe was on my mind ever since i made rice flour at home, That is because i got some rava like rice while i sieved the rice flour. I transferred that in an air tight container and store it in fridge to make kozhukattai with it. And couple of days back i made it too. It was delicious.

    Preparation Time : 10 mins
    Cooking Time : 20 mins
    Serves : 3 to 4

    Ingredients for Kara Pidi Kozhukattai

    • Oil - 1 tblspn
    • Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
    • Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
    • Raw Peanuts - 1 tblspn
    • Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ¼ tsp
    • Curry leaves - 1 sprig
    • Dry Red Chilli - 2 chopped finely
    • Ginger - 2 tsp grated
    • Coconut - ¼ cup grated
    • Rice Rava / Arisi Rava / Broken Rice - 1.5 cup
    • Salt to taste
    • Coriander Leaves - 3 tblspn finely chopped
    • Water - 3 cup

    How to make Rice Rava

    1. Take 1.5 cup of ponni rice, you can use any rice which you cook. Soak it for 1 hour, drain it and spread it on a clean cloth under the sun for 3 to 4 hours till it is dry.
    2. Now take the rice in a blender and blend them for few mins, sieve it.
    3. You will get fine powder while you sieve, that is rice powder. You will get rava like mix on the sieve, that is rice rava.
    4. Store that in an air tight container in fridge.

    How to Make Kara Pidi Kozhukattai

    1. Heat oil in a kadai. In goes mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves, asafoetida, peanuts, dry red chilli and saute for a min.
    2. Add in grated ginger and saute for 30 sec.
    3. Add in water, salt, coconut and bring it to boil.
    4. Simmer and add in rice rava(recipe below), keep mixing till it leaves the sides and come as a mass.
    5. Remove it to a bowl and let it cool down.
    6. Now make it into kozhukattai shape and place it in a steamer plate and steam for 10 mins.
    7. Remove it and let it cool to handle.
    8. Serve with chutney.

    Kara Pidi Kozhukattai Step by Step

    Take all your ingredients

     

    This is your rice rava (recipe above)

     

    Heat oil in a kadai

     

    Add in seasoning ingredients

     

    Add in peanuts

     

    dry red chilli

     

    grated ginger

     

    pour in water

     

    add in salt

     

    give a good mix

     

    add in coconut

     

    and some chopped coriander leaves

     

    Bring it to a boil

     

    simmer and add in rice rava

     

    keep mixing

     

    it will get thick

     

    It will leave the sides and get thick

     

    remove it to a bowl and let it cool down

     

    shape into small kozhukattai

     

    place it in a oiled steamer plate

     

    steam it

     

     

    If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can.

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    1. Mahalakshmi Shankar

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      5 stars
      What is the serving size mentioned here...it will easy to decide the quantity of rice rava to be taken...

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    2. Ida

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      5 stars
      Great recipe, thanks 😊

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    3. Akhila vinod

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      We need to soak rice and then grind. If need soaking, how much hours to soak

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      • Aarthi

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        soak for atleast 3 hours

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    4. Anand

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      5 stars
      We like it’s good

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