Sweet Kozhukkatta(Rice Dumplings) and Nadan Kozhukatta

    Kozhukkatta is a popular Indian sweet. There are different kinds of kozhukatta like kozhukatta filled with jaggery and coconut, jack fruit kozhukatta, nadan kozhukatta made with rose matta rice etc. Lakshmi had planned to post this yummy jaggery-coconut filled kozhukatta recipe yesterday. I then thought of my of mother’s nadan kozhukatta which I loved and took her recipe yesterday to share with you all. The nadan kozhukatta requires no sweet filling, it is tasty as it is (though its not as tasty as the sweet jaggery filled kozhukatta. I soaked the rice yesterday night and prepared it an hour back. Here are the recipes: 

Ingredients

1. Rice flour - 1 cup (You can use puttu podi or idiyappam podi)
2. Grated coconut - 1/2 - 3/4 cup
3. Jaggery - 1/4 cup or sugar (2-3 tbsp or to taste)
4. Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
5. Cardamom powder - A pinch (Optional)
6. Salt - To taste
7. Boiling Water - As required

Method

1. Mix the grated coconut and jaggery well.

2. Heat some water in a vessel adding salt. Add the hot water little by little to the rice flour until a smooth dough is formed.

3. Roll the dough into medium sized balls and flatten them with your palm. Fill it with the jaggery-coconut filling and reshape it into a ball. Steam the balls in a steamer or idli cooker for about 15 - 20 mts.

 

 

 

 

Tips :

 

1. You can avoid using jaggery in this recipe. Instead of filling the balls with grated coconut, just add it to the dough and knead well.

Nadan Kozhukatta

 

 

Ingredients

1. Kerala rose matta rice/Kuthari - 1 cup
2. Grated coconut - 1 cup
3. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
4. Salt - To taste

Method

1. Soak rice in water for about 10 - 12 hrs.

 

 

2. Grind it in a mixer adding water little by little until you get a coarse mixture. Heat a deep pan. Add the ground mixture and stir until the water evaporates at medium heat (takes about 5 - 10 mts). Check for salt. Make lemon sized balls out of it and steam for about 15 - 20 mts or until done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tips:

1. You can also grind sugar (1-2 tbsp) along with the soaked kuthari rice, grated coconut, cumin seeds and salt.