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ELLU KOZHAKATTAI
Servings Prep Time
10piece 10minutes
Cook Time
10minutes
Servings Prep Time
10piece 10minutes
Cook Time
10minutes
Ingredients
  • 1/4cup black sesame
  • 2tsp jaggery
  • 1pinch cardamomPowder
FOR THE DOUGH
  • 1cup rice flour
  • wateras needed
  • 1tsp sesame oil
Instructions
  1. Dry roast sesame seeds in a pan.
  2. Put them along with cardamom powder and jaggery.
  3. Grind finely.
  4. Make balls out of the mixture.
FOR MAKING THE DOUGH
  1. In a pan add water along with sesame oil and allow it to boil.
  2. Add rice flour slowly without forming lumps.
  3. Mix well continuosly and wait till it gets cooked.
  4. Cool completely.
  5. Make small balls out of rice flour .
  6. Make cup shapes and place poornam balls.
  7. Close and form shapes as shown.
  8. Steam in an idli cooker.
  9. After 8-10 minutes ,check if it is cooked.
  10. It is done.
  11. Ellu Kozhakattais are ready for offering as naivedhya to GOD.
Recipe Notes
  • Notes
  • Cover the dough with a cloth from getting dry.
  • Apply oil to your hands while making kozhakattais.
  • Adding coconut to the poornam is another variation in the filling.