Pls share the Kolakattai recipe

[sruthi]

Hi all,
I need to know the recipe for kolakattai. This is the first time i am gonna try. I googled & found couple of recipe's, but still i need to know from someone who did previously. Please provide some tips that u've used too.

Thanks
Sruthi

[gaya3usa]

3 cups Idli rice
Dry red chillies - 4~6

1.Soak the rice & Chillies , overnight
2. Add 1/2 cup chopped or shreded coconut
Grind with to a thick paste and add salt
3. In a thick non stick kadai add -
oil, kaduku, urad dal, chopped curry leaves,
Chopped onion and fry
4. add the ground batter and slow toss the batter, unit it becomes
thick and lumpsum
5. Then let it cool for a while, and then make the kolukattai
6. Steam the kolukattai approx 20 mins.

Check this multi steamer with a timer . I recently bought it and i am very impressed with it. It is so conveinient !
http://www.perfectpeninsula.com/IdliSteamer.html

:D Happy Cooking !

-Gayathri

[gaya3usa]

3 cups Idli rice
1.Soak the rice overnight
2. Add 1/2 cup chopped or shreded coconut
Grind with to a thick paste and add salt
3. In a thick non stick kadai add -
oil, kaduku, urad dal, chopped green chillies 8 & curry leaves,
Chopped onion and fry
4. add the ground batter and slow toss the batter, unit it becomes
thick and lumpsum
5. Then let it cool for a while, and then make the kolukattai
6. Steam the kolukattai approx 20 mins.

This Kolukattai will be in white colour, but still with a spicy taste from the green chillies.

Happy Cooking ! :)

-Gayathri

[sruthi]

Hi gaya3usa,
Thanks for your recipe. I am yet to try it. Will let you know about it soon.
Sruthi

[Zanlyn LLC]

Here's the softest authentic Kozhukatta(A Kerala steamed rice ball filled with sweetened shredded coconut)

Rice flour 5 cups
Sooji 1 cup

Filling:

Shredded coconut
Sarkara/ Sugar
Cardamom crushed

Slowly pour sooji in boiling water and stir vigourously in low heat for one minute. This is called Kappi kachiyathu.
Add sooji mix to rice flour and mix well with enough warm water to get the desired consistancy.
wet hands are good to avoid sticking when making balls. Flatten the ball and place the filling in the center and bring all sides to close the filling and smoothen the suface with your wet fingers.

Steam it and eat it!!

Insted of sooji you can use ground parboiled rice. The results are the same.