KOZHUKOTTAI RECIPE/ HOW TO MAKE KOZHUKOTTAI IN IDLI COOKER

Kozhukottai is a flavourful and delicious sweet that is often prepared in most homes in Tamil Nadu. Today I am going to share my mother in law's recipe of making yummy kozhukottai using groundnut, sesame seeds, coconut and jaggery as a filling. The Kozhukottai comes out delicious.

You can also prepare the jaggery filling in advance, refrigerate for a couple of days and make kozhukottai for your family as an evening snack or when guests visit your home. This saves your time and effort.

Ingredients

2 and 1/2 cups rice flour
2 and 1/2 cups water
1 and 1/2 cups crushed or grated jaggery
3/4 cup groundnut
1/2 cup white sesame seeds
1/2 cup finely grated coconut

Method

• Dry roast the sesame seeds in a pan or kadai for a few minutes till fragrant and transfer to a bowl.
• Dry roast the groundnut also and transfer to a plate. Allow it to cool down and gently press with a small flat bottle to remove the skin of the groundnut. Tap the plate a few times so that the outer cover of the groundnut falls off and transfer the groundnuts to mixer jar and grind to a coarse powder.
• Similarly grind the sesame seeds to a powder and keep ready.
• Take grated coconut in a bowl. Add the sesame seeds powder, jaggery and groundnut powder and mix well.
• Check for taste and add jaggery if needed.
• Now for preparing the rice flour chapathi, boil water in a pan.
• Take the rice flour in a large bowl and add the boiling water little by little to the flour and mix well with a spoon. (Do not add all the water. Different flours absorb water differently. )When you feel like it has come together, stop adding water and allow the flour mix to cool down. 
• Sprinkle some water if needed and knead to form a smooth dough. Add some oil if necessary and knead again.
• Now take a small ball and roll to form a chapathi of medium thickness. 

• Use a cookie cutter or a small bowl to cut out a round shape and place the filling on one side. 
• Apply water with your fingertips around the edges, and close the chapathi as shown.
• In the same way, make all the kozhukottai.

• Once ready, take a steamer or an idli cooker stand and arrange as shown.
• Add some water to the bottom of the idli cooker and place the stand on it.
• Close the lid and steam for about 15 minutes.
• Allow it to cool down a bit and remove from the stand.
• Serve warm.

You can also check out more festive sweet recipes like Gulab Jamun, Rasagulla, Rasamalai in the Sweet recipes page.

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