Thinai Kozhukattai With Ellu Pooranam | Steamed Kolukattai

About The Recipe:

Vinayakar Chaturthi | Ganesh Chaturthi Special Recipe - Thinai Kozhukattai With Ellu Pooranam | Foxtail millet kozhukattai with black sesame pooranam - Modak kozhukattai is one of the vinayakar favorite kozhukattai - This kozhukattai is made from the thinai and pachai arisi maavu (raw rice flour). The stuffing is made from the ellu, nuts and nattu sakkarai, also flavoured with the cardamoms. Steamed in an idli pan with easy step by step images, instructions and video. Follow the recipe as below...

Recipe : Thinai Kozhukattai With Ellu Pooranam Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Recipe Cuisine: South Indian Recipe Category: Kozhukattai Yeild: 12 nos

Ingredients :

Water - 1 and 1\2 cups

Salt - as required

Ghee - 1 tsp

Thinai Arisi Maavu - 1\2 cup

Pachai Arisi Maavu - 1\2 cup

Almonds - 10 nos

Cashews - 10 nos

Ellu | Black Sesame - 50 gms

Cardamoms - 2 nos

Nattu Sakkarai - 1\2 cup to 3\4 cup

Method :

To make the thinai kozhukattai dough, heat one and half cup of water with some salt and ghee. Bring to boil and turn off the flame. Add in the thinai maavu and pachai arisi maavu, mix well without lumps and form the dough. Cover with lid and leave it to cool little and knead the dough well, keep aside.

To make the ellu pooranam, first dry roast the almonds and cashews, keep aside. Then dry roast the ellu until its sparkle well. Cool all the roasted ingredients separately.

Grind the ellu and cardamoms into powder. Add in roasted nuts and again grind into powder. Then add in the nattu sakkarai and again grind into powder. Pooranam is ready.

To make the kozhukattai, take some dough for about 2" ball size, using ghee flat into thin circle, place two teaspoon of prepared ellu pooranum \ stuffing in the center, bring all the sides together and press gently to form mothagam shape or make your desired shape. Do the same for the remaining dough.

Steam the prepared kozhukattai's in an idli pan for about 10 mins over medium flame. While hot they are so soft and will break easily, so leave it some time and take out.

Notes: If the kozhukattai dough turned too hard means, add some required hot water, knead again and use it.

Step By Step Images:

To make the thinai kozhukattai dough, heat one and half cup of water with some salt and ghee. Bring to boil and turn off the flame. Add the thinai maavu and pachai arisi maavu, mix well without lumps and form the dough.

Cover and leave it to cool little and then knead the dough well, keep aside.

To make the ellu pooranam, first dry roast the almonds and cashews, keep aside. Then dry roast the ellu until its sparkle well. Cool all the roasted ingredients separately.

Grind the ellu and cardamoms into powder.

Add in roasted nuts and again grind into powder.

Then add in the nattu sakkarai and again grind into powder. Pooranam is ready.

To make the kozhukattai, take some dough for about 2" ball size, using ghee flat into thin circle, place two teaspoon of prepared ellu pooranum \ stuffing in the center.

Bring all the sides together and press gently to form mothagam shape or make your desired shape. Do the same for the remaining dough. Steam the prepared kozhukattai's in an idli pan for about 10 mins over medium flame. While hot they are so soft and will break easily, so leave it some time and then take out.

Serving Suggestion:  Serve the thinai kozhukattai with sundal and laddu. Page: Collection Of Vinayagar Chaturthi Recipes. Variation: Similarly try with other millets. If you like this recipe: You will like this kelvaragu kozhukattai and mappillai samba kozhukattai recipe also. Did you make this recipe? Please let me know how it turned out for you! Leave a comment below and share on Facebook

By Kalais