Vendaya Kozhukattai Recipe with step by step pictures. Healthy kozhukattai made with fenugreek and urad dal.
Vendaya Kozhukattai Recipe
Giving too much deep fried snacks for your kids is not at all a healthy option. It results in young age obesity in kids which results in so many diseases. Instead of fried foods bring the habit of enjoying healthy foods in your kids. I am hunting for healthy toddler recipes, This is one of the traditional steamed dumplings which is rich in protein and is very good for growing children and even adults. You can make this as a after school snack or put in your kids lunch box of snacks box.
About Vendaya Kozhukattai
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.
The dish is made by combining grated coconut with jaggery syrup, stuffing it into rice flour dumplings, and steaming the dumplings. To improve the taste and flavour of the filling, add ghee, cardamom, finely ground roasted rice flour, and so on. A variant of kozhukattai made with atta flour (rather than rice flour) and grated coconut is a
staple breakfast among some groups in Kerala. Fenugreek seeds are a common ingredient in Indian cuisine, with a sweet, nutty flavour reminiscent of maple syrup and burnt sugar. When eaten raw, it can be extremely bitter, but when cooked and
combined with aromatics and spices, it transforms and adds sweetness and depth of flavour to saucy dishes.
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Ingredients for Vendaya Kozhukattai Recipe :
Fenugreek Seeds :
Fenugreek seeds are one of the staple spices used in Indian cooking, with a sweet, nutty flavor reminiscent of maple syrup and burnt sugar. It can be incredibly bitter when eaten raw, but when cooked and combined with aromatics and spices, it transforms and gives a sweetness and depth of flavor to saucy dishes.
Coconut :
Coconut meat is delicious and slightly sweet, and it can be eaten raw or dried. It is used to make a variety of products, including coconut milk, cream, and oil.
Cumin Seeds :
Cumin has a warm, earthy flavour and aroma that is slightly sweet and bitter. To achieve the best flavour, the whole seeds must be toasted.
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Vendaya Kozhukattai Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup Rice
- 3 tbsp Urad Dal
- ¼ tsp Fenugreek Seeds
- Salt to taste
- 1 cup Fresh Coconut grated
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1 tsp Whole Pepper crushed
Instructions
- Take rice in a bowl, take urad dal and fenugreek seeds in a bowl and wash well. Now soak this separately for 1 hour.
- First take dal and fenugreek seeds in a mixer and add little water at a time and make it into a very smooth paste. Dont add too much water.
- Now add drained rice in the dal and grind it till the rice is blender The rice wont be ground into a smooth paste. Little grainy is not a issue.
- Now take this mix in a bowl, add in 1 cup of fresh coconut and mix well.
- Now take some coconut in a plate, wet your hands in water, take small [portion of this batter and coat it in coconut and place it in a steamer plate or idli plate.
- Now steam this for 15 mins.
- Remove it and serve hot.
- You can add some crushed cumin seeds and pepper to the batter and mix well and make dumplings for little spicy version.
Notes
You can add some crushed cumin seeds and pepper to the batter and mix well and make dumplings for little spicy version.
Vendaya Kozhukattai Recipe with Step by Step Pictures
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| You need rice, urad dal and fenugreek seeds |
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| the batter has to be very thick..so add water little by little when grinding.. If you find your batter thin, then add some rice flour |
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| place it in a steamer plate...wash the steamer plate before placing the dumplings so you don't have to grease it |
Jincyk John
Can we add karuPetti
Neshini
hi
Can I add jaggery or sugar to this and make it sweet?
Anonymous
Healthy breakfast. For adults can use brown rice. Thanks
Aarthi
@NeshiniU can try it, but i am not so sure. You can have it with sugar after it is steamed.
Aarthi
@Jincyk Johni think u can add, but haven;t tried it so far
sinhu
which rice u used? idli rice or normal rice?
Aarthi
@sinhui used normal cooking rice
Anonymous
thank you