Today we are going to see how to make Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai using whole wheat flour and Uppu Kozhukattai using rice flour.
This recipe can be enjoyed as a snack or even for dinner. It's quick and easy to prepare, and it tastes great. It is a healthy and tasty evening snack option for kids.
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Information about Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai and Uppu Kozhukattai
Kozhukattai is a traditional snack from South India, made with rice flour dough and different fillings.
Its history goes back to ancient times, and it has been enjoyed in South Indian cuisine for many years. This dish is known to be a favourite of Lord Ganesha, a highly revered god in Hinduism.
According to tradition, his mother, Goddess Parvati, created kozhukattai as a special treat for him. Today, kozhukattai is an important part of many Hindu celebrations, particularly during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
There are several Kozhukattai varieties, like Sweet Purana Kozhukattai (Mothagam), Paal Kozhukattai, Thengai Purana Kozhukattai, Ulunthu Kozhukattai, Ellu Kozhukattai, Uppu Kozhukattai, Avaiyar Kozhukattai, etc.
Among these varieties, we are going to make both sweet pidi kozhukattai and uppu kozhukattai. Pidi means 'to hold' in Tamil. It usually refers to a type of sweet made by pressing rice flour in your hands to form a shape.
That's why it's called pidi kozhukattai. Personally, I prefer the sweet version over the savoury one. Trust me, it's very easy to make. You can also serve it as a snack for kids.
It's great if you have homemade rice flour, but you can also try it with store-bought idiyappam flour; it works well too.
Today, instead of using rice flour to make sweet kozhukattai, we are going to use whole wheat flour. This sweet pidi kozhukattai will taste excellent than the usual sweet pidi kozhukattai that we make using rice flour.
Required Ingredients for Kozhukattai
1. For Making Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai
Whole wheat flour - 250g
Sugar or Jaggery - 100g
Chopped Coconut - 100g
Salt - one pinch
Ghee - 3 teaspoons
2. For Making Uppu Kozhukattai
Rice Flour- 200g
Onion - 2
Curry leaves - 3 sprigs
Coriander leaves - one handful
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Urad dal - 1 teaspoon
Bengal gram (Kadalai paruppu) - 3 teaspoons
Green chilli - 1 piece
Oil - 2 teaspoons
Cashew nuts - 10 pieces
Ghee - 1 teaspoon
Procedure for Making Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai
- First take a wide mixing bowl, add in the whole wheat flour, small chopped coconut, sugar, one teaspoon of ghee, and a pinch of salt.
- Instead of sugar, you can also use jaggery. Mix all the above ingredients thoroughly, then add in the water little by little and mix it into the dough consistency.
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- This dough will be in a little sticky consistency because we have added sugar and wheat flour. If we use rice flour, this sticky consistency will not be there.
- Applying ghee to our hands while making kozhukattai will prevent the dough from sticking.
- Rub some ghee on your hand and shape the dough into Pidi Kozhukattai.
- Now, take a steaming plate and grease it with some ghee. So that the Kozhukattai will not stick on the plate.
- Now, place all the sweet pidi kozhukattais on the steamer plate carefully.
- Then, take a steamer or an idly-making pot. Place them on the stove and heat it. Once it is hot, pour the required amount of water into the steamer.
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- When the water started to boil, place the kozhukattai-filled steaming plates into it.
- Steam cook the sweet pidi kozhukattai for 10 to 15 minutes until it becomes soft and fully cooked.
Wow! Our Tasty and delicious Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai is ready to serve now.
Procedure for making Uppu Kozhukattai
- First, finely chop the onions, curry leaves, green chilli, and coriander leaves.
- Put a frying pan on the stove and turn on the heat. When it gets hot, pour in 3 teaspoons of cooking oil and let it warm up.
- When the oil gets hot, toss in the mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds have popped completely, mix in the urad dal and Bengal gram.
- Roast the urad dal and Bengal gram on low flame till they reach a golden red colour. After that, add in the chopped onions and sauté them until they become glassy.
- Then add in the chopped curry leaves, green chilli, coriander leaves, and some salt into the frying pan and sauté them for a minute. If you want, you can also add grated carrots and coconut into this mixture.
- Then turn off the stove and keep this mixture aside.
- Now, take a wide mixing bowl. Add in the rice flour and sprinkle some salt into it and mix them completely.
- Now, add hot water little by little to the rice flour mixture until it reaches Kozhukattai dough consistency.
- Rest the Kozhukattai dough for 5 mins so that it will become warm.
- After that, add in the onion, curry leaves, and coriander leaves mixture to the Kozhukattai dough.
- Now again heat the frying pan and add one teaspoon of ghee into it.
- Once the ghee becomes warm, add in the cashews and sauté them until they become golden in colour.
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- Add the golden fried cashew nuts into the Kozhukattai dough mixture and mix them thoroughly so that all the ingredients blend together.
Final Steps for Making Uppu Kozhukattai
- Rub some ghee on your hand and shape the dough into Pidi Kozhukattai.
- Now, take a steaming plate and grease it with some ghee. So that the Kozhukattai will not stick on the plate. Now, place all the uppu kozhukattais on the steamer plate carefully.
- Then, take a steamer or an idly-making pot. Place them on the stove and heat it. Once it is hot, pour the required amount of water into the steamer.
- When the water started to boil, place the kozhukattai-filled steaming plates into it.
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- Steam cook the pidi uppu kozhukattai for 10 to 15 minutes until it becomes soft and fully cooked.
Wow! Our tasty and delicious Uppu Kozhukattai is ready to serve now. Serve them with coconut chutney or tomato chutney.
Our Healthy and Tasty Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai and Uppu Kozhukattai are ready to enjoy now. Share it with your loved ones and enjoy eating together!
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