Ellu Kozhukattai (Sweet Dumplings with Sesame)

Ellu Kozhukattai has sweet stuffing prepared with sesame, peanut and jaggery. Sesame, peanuts are roasted, then powdered and mixed with jaggery to give a nice flavor and taste.

Sesame is known as Ellu in Tamil and as Til in Hindi. Peanuts (or groundnuts) are known as Nilakadalai or Verkadalai in Tamil and as Moongphali/Mungfali/Singdhana in Hindi.

Ingredients

• Sesame white and black – 1 table spoon each
• Peanut – 1 table spoon
• Jaggery chopped – 2 table spoon
• Cardamom – 2 no

Method

• Stuffing: In a dry pan roast sesame, peanut, cardamom; roast it till sesame splutters and nice aroma rises.

• Cool it and powder it in a grinder coarsely.

• Add jaggery and run the mixer once or twice for few seconds; now stuffing is ready.

• Dough:The dough for kozhukattai is prepared in many ways; you may follow any one of these two methods:
  • Method 1: Boil two cups of water and add one cup of rice flour with pinch of salt; stir continuously to form a dough; cool and knead it to a soft, firm dough.
  • Method 2: Soak one cup of rice for 1 hour; grind it with pinch of salt, ½ cup milk and water to thin batter; pour in a hot pan, stir constantly to form dough; cool and knead it to a soft, firm dough.
  • for more details refer my Rice Idiyappam (String Hoppers) or Coconut and Masala Ammini Kozhakattai.

• Kozhukattai: Now lightly apply oil in your hand and take lemon size dough; shape it like a mini cup; though nowadays moulds are available, making with hands gives a traditional touch; fill it with stuffing.

• Seal it and steam cook for 5 to 6 minutes.

• Ellu kozhakkattai is ready.

Here is a mix of Ellu, Kara, Coconut, Mania Kozhukattai.