Here is a very healthy, nutrition-loaded recipe of my niece.....
sometime back, she told me that she made like this and gave me the idea.
Daughter suggested me addition of Carrots, which are rich in Vitamin "A".
So, for this Vinayaka Chathurthi, I thought, I will offer to Lord Ganesha this new healthy and nutritious variety of Kozhukkattai!!
sometime back, she told me that she made like this and gave me the idea.
Daughter suggested me addition of Carrots, which are rich in Vitamin "A".
So, for this Vinayaka Chathurthi, I thought, I will offer to Lord Ganesha this new healthy and nutritious variety of Kozhukkattai!!
For Plain Ammini Kozhukkattais, Just omit grated carrots and the boiled black eyed peas!!! That's all!!!
The other Kozhukkattai varieties: Modhakams, Ulundu kozhukkattai, Open urad kozhukkattai and ammini kozhukkattai.
The other Kozhukkattai varieties: Modhakams, Ulundu kozhukkattai, Open urad kozhukkattai and ammini kozhukkattai.
Ingredients
Karamani/black eyed chick peas - 1/2 cup, soaked and pressure cooked
carrot - 1, small, grated
Green chillies - 3, pulsed
Salt to taste
To season
Coconut oil - 2 tsps
Cooking oil - 1 tsp
Hing powder - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dhal - 1 tsp
Red chillies - 2-3
Grated coconut - 2 tbsps
Curry leaves a few
How to make kozhukkattai maavu??
Recipe cuisine: South Indian; Category: Festival delicacies/prasaad
Prep time: 15 mts; Cooking time: 25 mts
Yields 1 small bowl of kozhukkattais
Karamani, soaked in hot water for 3 hours, then pressure cooked for 6 whistles
Cooked karamani added to the Kozhukkattai dough
Crushed/pulsed green chillies, hing powder and salt added
Grated carrot also added
Everything kneaded together to a soft dough
Heat water in a steamer. On a greased steamer plate, keep the round, ball shaped amminis. These amminis will definitely be slightly bigger, since they have karamani inside most of them. Steam for 15 minutes
The steamed ammini kozhukkattais
In a non stick pan, add coconut and cooking oil, add the above mentioned seasonings
grated coconut added now
Add the cooked ammini kozhukkattais, after they cool down a bit. Add some more salt (if you think, it is necessary)
Mix well.
This post first appeared in www.malpatskitchen.com
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