For the alphabet R,I decided to make something with rava aka semolina.But I have blogged most of the rava recipes in Tamil cuisine.
When I was going through the cook books and hand written recipes,rava kozhukattai caught my attention.
The method of making this kozhukattai is same as upma kozhukattai,whereas rava/semolina is used instead of rice.Both sweet and savory versions can be made with semolina.As we had lot of sweet dishes in the previous week I made the savory version.Soon share the sweet version.This is a great option for evening snack and I served with coconut chutney.Lets move on to the recipe............
Rava Kozhukattai/Rava Pidi Kozhukattai
Preparation time ~ 10 minutes
Soaking time ~ 10 minutes
Cooking time ~ 20 minutes
Makes ~ 15-17
Ingredients
Ingredient
|
Quantity
|
---|---|
Semolina/rava/white semolina
|
3/4 cup
|
Moong dhal/paasiparuppu
| 2-3 tbs |
Coconut (finely chopped)
| 3 tbs |
Mustard seeds/kadugu
| 1 tsp |
Urad dhal/uluthamparuppu
| 1.5 tsp |
Asafoetida
| generous pinch |
Green chilly/pachamilagai
| 2(finely chopped) |
Salt
| 1 tsp |
Hot water
| 2 cups |
Coriander leaves(finely chopped)
| 1 tbs |
Curry leaves/karivepillai
| few leaves |
Oil
| 2 tsp |
Method
- Heat the oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds,add the urad dhal,let it fry.Add in green chillies,curry leaves and the asafoetida.Now add the semolina and fry it for couple of minutes in a medium flame.Add the soaked moong dhal.
- Mix it well and to this add the hot water, give it a mix,add the salt.
- Let it cook for 2-3 minutes or till the water gets absorbed.Add the finely chopped coconut and coriander leaves to it and put off the flame.Mix it well and let it cool down for 3-4 minutes.
- Meanwhile grease the idly plate with few drops of oil and keep it asideNow take a big gooseberry size of prepared dough in the hand and close it with fingers and make a fist.
- Arrange the prepared kozhukattai on the idly plate.Also keep the idly pot on the stove with water and let the water boils for 2-3 minutes.Once the water gets boiled,keep the plate inside.Cook it for 3-4 minutes or till it gets cooked completely,put off the flame.Take out the plate and let it rest for a minute.Remove the cooked kozhukattai from the plate.
- Serve it warm with coconut chutney
- Instead of making fist(pidi) shape,it can be rolled into balls.
- Grated coconut can be used instead of pieces.
- The amount of water depends on the quality of the rava,if the rava is on the coarser side then need little more water to cook.
- Do not cook the kozhukattai for long time,also while steaming the kozhukattai the water in the steamer/idly pot should be boiling.
Enjoy......................
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Beautifully shaped kozhukattai and a lovely setup. Very nicely done and captured.
ReplyDeleteWould love to have some, serve me with some spicy onion chutney, i can finish this kozhukattais anytime.
ReplyDeletethis is so new to me... for my kids especially when they refuse upma, guess I can make this ! bookmarked...
ReplyDeletepretty pics nalini, so beautifully presented. We too love this with some yumm tomato chutney
ReplyDeleteMy kids love these kozhukottai. I am sure I will make these as well.
ReplyDeleteLove this dish and it makes a quick meal. In Andhra, we make this with rice rava and call it undrallu.
ReplyDeleteLike Suma said, these look a lot like Andhra undrallu, except they are made with rice rava. Lovely clicks Nalini.
ReplyDeleteI just saw Gayathri's Rava Idli and now this. It is so wonderful of you to make such easy and quick recipes using very basic kitchen pantry essentials. Great share :)
ReplyDeletethese look flavorful and delicious and healthy since its a steamed snack
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