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    Kozhukattai recipes for Chaturthi

    To celebrate this festival with a healthy twist, here are two nutritious modak recipes you can try

    Kozhukattai recipes for Chaturthi
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    Sago kozhukattai, Carrot Moong dhal Kozhukattai

    CHENNAI: Kozhukattai holds a special place as one of Lord Ganesha’s favourite sweets and is traditionally offered as prasad during the Vinayaga Chaturthi pooja.

    CARROT MOONG DAL KOZHUKATTAI:

    Carrot Moong Dhal Kozhukattai

    INGREDIENTS:

    FOR OUTER DOUGH:

    1/2 cup homemade rice flour, idiyappam flour, Salt to taste ,Water as needed

    FOR INNER STUFFING:

    1/4 cup moong dal, 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons cane sugar ,1/4 cup water ,1/4 cup carrot

    A pinch of cardamom powder

    INSTRUCTIONS:

    PREPARING THE INNER STUFFING:

    Dry roast the moong dal until it turns golden in colour.

    Pressure cook the roasted moong dal with 1 cup of water for 3-4 whistles or until it becomes mushy.

    Mash the cooked moong dal well and set it aside.

    Heat ghee in a kadai, add grated carrot, and sauté until it shrinks.

    Add the mashed moong dal along with cane sugar. The mixture will become gooey. Continue cooking over low-medium flame.

    Add cardamom powder and keep cooking until the mixture thickens.

    Once it comes together as a mass, switch off the heat and let it cool down.

    Once the mixture has cooled down, shape it into small balls and oval-shaped ones too.

    PREPARING THE OUTER DOUGH:

    Grease the modak mould with oil or ghee.

    Take a lemon-sized ball of the outer dough and place it inside the mould.

    Make a hole in the centre of the dough and add the prepared stuffing. Oval-shaped stuffing works well for moulds.

    Seal the bottom part of the modak with more dough as shown in the instructions. For hand-shaped modaks, use round balls of dough.

    Gently open and demould the modaks and arrange them on a plate.

    Grease the steamer plate and arrange the modaks on it.

    Steam cook the modaks for 8-10 minutes or until they turn shiny.

    Serve the Carrot Moong Dal Kozhukattai hot.

    SAGO KOZHUKATTAI

    Sago Kozhukattai

    INGREDIENTS:

    FOR THE KOZHUKATTAI: 1/2 cup sago ,Salt to taste ,Water as needed

    FOR INNER STUFFING: 1/2 cup coconut, 2 tablespoons sugar ,1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder

    PREPARING THE INNER STUFFING:

    For the inner stuffing, take a bowl and add coconut, cardamom powder, and sugar. Mix well and set aside.

    Add the drained sago to a mixer jar.

    Pulse it a few times, then transfer it to a bowl, add salt, and mix it well to gather it together.

    Make small balls from the sago mixture and set them aside.

    Take a ball, flatten it to make a small cup, and then add the prepared coconut filling.

    Seal the edges to make a ball with the filling enclosed. Repeat this process for the remaining mixture.

    Grease a steamer plate with oil and place it inside an idli steamer.

    Steam the kozhukattai for 15 minutes over low-medium flame.

    Once they turn shiny and appear cooked, remove them from the steamer.

    Serve the Sago Kozhukattai hot.

    DTNEXT Bureau
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