Chettinadu Kozhukattai

Ingredients:

Par boiled rice (idly rice) - 1 ½ cup

Red chillie-6

Curry leaf

Urud dhal-1teaspoon

Mustard seed-1 teaspoon

Bengal gram-1 teaspoon

Oil-2 table spoons

Grated coconut-2 tablespoons

Method:

1.Soak the rice for 1 hour. Put it in the mixie with the salt needed and grind for 2 minutes.

2.Add 1 cup of water to the grinded batter.Keep the kadai in the stove. pour the oil ,when it gets heated add the mustard seed and allow it to crack then add the urudh dhal, curry leaf and Bengal gram .

3.When the dhal gets roasted add the grated cocunut stir for a minute, then pour the batter into the kadai and go on stirring.

4. Switch off the stove when it becomes thick to the consistency that you can make balls out of it. Allow the batter to cool for 2 or 3 minutes. Then make kozhukattai’s of the desired shape .Steam the kozhukattai’s in the idly pot for 5 minutes.

5.This kozhukattai can be eaten without any side dish. But if you can find time then you can prepare Tomato chutney or coconut chutney. It will taste yummy in that combination.