This is also done during Varalakshmi Vritham
Usually it is made out of Raw Rice Flour but I replaced the same with Millet / Sirudhaniyam Flour
Ingredients
Part 1 - Outer Cover
- Millet Rice Flour - 1 cup
- Water - 1 to 11/4 cups
- Gingelly Oil - 1/2 teaspoon
- Salt - a pinch
Part 2 - Inner Stuffing / Poornam
- Grated Coconut - 1 cup
- Powdered / Grated Jaggery - 3/4 - 1 cup
- Ghee - 1 teaspoon
- Cardamom / Elachi - a pinch
Method
Step 1 - Outer Cover
- Boil water in a sauce pan.Put salt and gingelly oil in it
- Once it comes to boiling simmer the flame and add millet flour / rice flour gradually and give a quick stir till it reaches dough like consistency
- When it becomes warm just knead with your greased palms and cover it with a wet cloth.Leave for 10 minutes atleast
Step 2 - Poornam / Inner Stuffing
- Take grated coconut and jaggery in a sauce pan.Sprinkle a teaspoon of water and start heating in simeer flame
- When it comes together add ghee and elachi powder and stir well till it leaves the sides of kadai.Switch off the stove
- Now poornam is ready.Let it cool
Step 3 - Stuffing and Steaming
- The outer layer and inner stuffing are ready
- Now make small balls out of poornam
- Grease your palms with oil and take a small ball out of outer cover / mel maavu
- Press with your thumb and make a hallow.Make sure it is thin otherwise the taste of the dough dominates
- Place one poornam ball inside it and close / cover the outer layer
- See the pics below
- Repeat it rest of dough and poornam
- Once done steam in idly cooker / steaming tray for 10 minutes.Grease the steaming tray before placing the kozhukattais
- Do not over crowd the steaming tray because the kozhukattais will be merged with each other as seen in the pic below
- Note both the pics for difference
- Its ok if the stuffing is seen outside also
- Once done take it out and offer it to God
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