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    Therali Kozhukattai Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Therali Kozhukattai Recipe with step by step pictures. The strong smell of the fresh bay leaf enters into the kozhukattai while steaming and gives great flavor to the kozhukattai.

    Therali Kozhukattai

    I should have posted this recipe so many months back on past ganesh chaturthi, but i am not sure how i missed it. It has been sitting in my drafts for so many months and went unnoticed. I thought of sharing this recipe with you all today before i forget about it. This is a staple recipe in our home, we make this along with elai appam(which will be posted soon) on every chaturthi. It never fails us and the recipe has been passed from generation over generation. It is so simple to make, but they taste so fresh and heavenly.

    Ingredients for Therali Kozhukattai

    • Rice Flour - 2 cups
    • Jaggery / Sarkarai - 2 cups grated
    • Water - 2 cups
    • Coconut - 1 cup grated
    • Cardamom powder / Yelakai podi - 2 tsp
    • Dry Ginger Powder / Chukku podi - 1 tsp

    The real flavour of this kolukattai not only comes from the ingredients, but most of them comes from the leaf which we roll this. It is called as therali ilai, which has its distinct aroma. When you steam this i am damn sure that your house will be filled with that lovely aroma, which totally reminds me home.
    If you don't have that leaf you can just steam it as it is...

    How to Make Therali Kozhukattai

    1. Take a heavy bottom pan, add jaggery in it and pour in water. Heat them together so it gets dissolved.
    2. Now strain them and pour them back into the same pot.
    3. Bring that to a boil. Add in coconut, cardamom and ginger powder. Mix them well.
    4. Now add in rice flour and mix well, so it forms into a dough.
    5. Transfer that to a plate and let them cool a bit.
    6. Shape small balls from it and place them on a therali leaf and roll them.
    7. Roll it and tuck the leaves stem over the kolukattai so it is well sealed.
    8. Place this inside the idli pot and steam for 20 mins.
    9. Remove and Serve.

    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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    Therali Kozhukattai Recipe

    Therali Kozhukattai Recipe with stepby step pictures. The strong smell of the fresh bay leaf enters into the kozhukattai while steaming and gives great flavor to the kozhukattai.
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    Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour
    Servings: 25 kozhukattai
    Calories: 69kcal

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups Rice Flour
    • 2 cups grated Jaggery / Sarkarai
    • 2 cups Water
    • 1 cup grated Coconut
    • 2 tsp Cardamom powder / Yelakai podi
    • 1 tsp Dry Ginger Powder / Chukku podi

    Instructions

    • Take a heavy bottom pan, add jaggery in it and pour in water. Heat them together so it gets dissolved.
    • Now strain them and pour them back into the same pot.
    • Bring that to a boil. Add in coconut, cardamom and ginger powder. Mix them well.
    • Now add in rice flour and mix well, so it forms into a dough.
    • Transfer that to a plate and let them cool a bit.
    • Shape small balls from it and place them on a therali leaf and roll them.
    • Roll it and tuck the leaves stem over the kolukattai so it is well sealed.
    • Place this inside the idli pot and steam for 20 mins.
    • Remove and Serve.

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 28mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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    Therali Kozhukattai Recipe Step by Step

    Take all your ingredients
    Add jaggery in a sauce pan
    Add some water
    Mix well, so the jaggery is dissolved
    Strain it
    Take them back in a sauce pan
    Add coconut to it
    Add cardamom and Dry Ginger powder
    Now add in rice flour
    Mix well so that it is half cooked
    Remove that to a plate
    Take your leaf
    form them into kolukattai..
    place them on the inner side of the leaf
    roll the
    roll them
    And pinch them with the stem of the leaf
    Add done
    Place them on idli stand
    Steam the
    Enjoy
    They smell divine

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    1. Veena Theagarajan

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      this is new to me.. looks good

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    2. Torviewtoronto

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      we make it flat and not rolled on the leaf this looks fabulous deliciously done

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    3. annie rose

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      Wow awesomeeeeeeeeee thanks Aarthi<3

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    4. Priya Suresh

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      can guess the smell of this kozhukattais, fantastic.

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    5. Anonymous

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      Hai Aarthi...
      We also add bananas to make therali..

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    6. Arthy shama

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      Wow.. so delecious preparation Aarthi, can banana leaves be used here??

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    7. Aarthi

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      @Arthy shamaYes u can

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    8. Minu

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      A New recipe. Thank you

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    9. Umesh

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      From where can I get the therali leaves in chennai

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