Recipe: How to make Ammini Kozhukkatai

Rediff reader Ranganayaki Varatharajan shared the recipe with us.

Ammini Kozhukkatai is a tiffin item, prepared on Fridays. It is considered auspicious and offered to Lord Ganesh, says Rediff reader Ranganayaki Varatharajan.

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup rice flour
• 3/4 cup urad dal
• 6 green chillies
• Salt as required
• A pinch of asafoetida
• 1/4 cup coconut

For seasoning

• 1/2 tsp mustard
• 1/2 tsp urad dal
• 3 tsp cooking oil
• 4 to 5 curry leaves
• 2 drops gingelly oil
• 1 spoon coconut oil (optional)

Method

• Soak urad dal for two hours and coarsely grind with salt, asafoetida and green chillies.
• Boil 1 ½ cups of water in a kadhai, add a pinch of salt and gingelly oil .
• Once it starts boiling, switch off the burner, add rice flour little by little (otherwise lumps will be formed) and make a dough.
• Once it is warm, make small balls and place them in an idly mould.
• Make small balls from the urad dal mixture and steam cook for five minutes.
• Heat oil in kadai, add mustard, urad dal, then urad dal idlies.
• Break them into pieces; stir and saute continuously.
• Add cooked rice flour balls and mix well.
• Add curry leaves, coconut and a spoon of coconut oil(optional).
• Transfer to a serving bowl.
• Tasty ammini kozhakkatai is ready.
• Serve with tomato or onion chutney. In fact, it is excellent even without any side dish.

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