Bengal Gram / Kadalai paruppu Purana Kozhukkatai:
To prepare puranam / stuffing :
Ingredients :
·
Bengal gram / Kadalai paruppu – ½ cup
·
Grated coconut – ¼ cup
·
Powdered jaggery – ¾ cup
·
Cardamom – ¼ spn
·
Ghee – 1 spn
Method :
·
Dry roast the Bengal gram
for few mins. Then pressure cook it with
¼ cup of water . when the pressure releases, drain the water completely
and mash the dal with ladle.
·
Melt jaggery with 2
-3 spns of water. Filter it to remove impurities.
·
Then add dal paste, jaggery, cardamom and grated coconut.
·
Heat ghee in a pan, add the
jaggery dal mixture and cook until it leaves the sides of the kadai.
Allow it to cool.
·
Kadalai paruppu stuffing is ready.
To prepare outer cover for kozhukattai :
Ingredients :
·
Idiyappam flour – 1
cup(ready made flour from shop)
·
Water – 1 ¼ cup
·
Salt – a pinch
·
Oil
Method :
·
Take flour in a
bowl.
·
Allow it to boil 1 ¼ cup
of water in a pan by pinch of salt and a spn of oil.
·
Bring it to rolling
boil.
·
Then pour this boiling water to the rice flour and mix
it with the back of the ladle.
·
When it is warm,
grease your hands with oil and knead it to a smooth dough.
·
Covered it with a damp
cloth to prevent it from drying.
·
Divide the dough into
small equal sized ball.
To prepare kozhukattai :
·
Grease your hands with
oil, place a ball of dough on your palm and flatten it into a small circle and
keep 1 big spn of puranam / stuffing in the middle and seal the flour with your
fingertips and make it a madak or kozhkattai.
·
Repeat the same for
the rest of the dough and the stuffing.
·
Steam it in a idly
cooker or steamer , spaced properly for 5 to 7 mins. Done . switch off the
flame.
·
Let the kolukkatai
rest for 5 mins. Then remove it and enjoy the taste.
Purana kozhukattai is ready.. serve hot J
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