Rice Dumpling - Arisi Kozhukattai

#RiceDumpling from leftover dough of Modhakam.
Some quantity of the dough of modhakam was leftover. I made a spicy dumpling after adding coconut scrap, peanuts, red chilly powder and other condiments.
Here is the recipe.

Ingredients :
1/2 cup                                  Modhakam dough
[OR
1/2 cup                                 Rice flour ]
2 Tbsp                                  Soft Oats
2 Tbsp                                  Coconut scrap
2 Tbsp                                  Peanut, break into pieces
1 Tbsp                                  Gram dal
1/4 Tsp                                Asafoetida
1/2 Tsp                                Mustard seeds
7 - 10                                  Curry leaves, chop nicely    
1 or 2                                  Red chilly, break into pieces
1/4 Tsp                                Red chilly powder [ optional ]
1/4 Tsp                                Salt [ optional ]
1 Tsp                                  Oil

Method :
Heat a kadai on a stove with oil over medium flame.
Splutter mustard seeds and then add red chilly pieces, gram dal and peanut.
Roast until dal turns golden color.
Now add curry leaves, asafoetida and red chilly powder [ if taken ].
Turn off the stove and transfer all roasted ingredients on to the leftover modhakam dough.

Then add oats and salt.
Knead well with hands. If needed sprinkle some water and prepare a tight dough.

Now dough is ready and it has to be steamed.
Heat an idly maker with 3 cups of water on a stove over HIGH flame.
Grease the idli plate/steamer plate, 
Press dough with hands and make kozhukattai [ dumpling ].
and arrange over idli/steamer plate.

Place the idly plate/steamer plate with dumpling inside the idli maker.
Steam the dumpling for 8 - 10 minutes.

Check whether it has been cooked well by taking out a dumpling.
Transfer into a serving bowl.

Spicy nutty tasty rice dumplings are ready!!

Serve hot with tomato chutney or tomato sauce.



Note :
[ If rice flour is taken transfer all roasted ingredients to the flour.
Add oats and salt.
Then add warm water little by little and prepare a tight dough. Then make dumpling by pressing small small balls by hand. Then proceed as above. ]





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Pidi Kozhukattai

Pidi kozhukattai ( பிடி கொழுக்கட்டை ) gets its name from the way its done.
Take a ball of prepared dough in your palm and close tightly pressing the dough with fingers and that is the shape of the kozhukattai called pidi.

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Ingredients :
Rice flour                           : 1 cup
Oats                                   : 1/2 cup ( optional )
coconut scrape                    : 1/2 cup ( can take some more also )
asafoetida                            : 1/4 tsp
mustard seeds                      : 1/2 tsp
cumin                                  : 1/2 tsp
red chilly                             : 3 break into pieces
urad dhal                             : 1/2 tsp
gram dhal ( channa dhal )      : 2 tsp
ground nut split                    : 2 tblsp
curry leaves                          : 10 to 12
oil                                        : 2 tsp ( gingelly oil preferred )

salt                                       : to taste

Method :
Keep a kadai with oil on slow flame.
Take rice flour, oats, coconut and salt in a wide mouthed vessel.
When the oil becomes hot splutter mustard seeds, then add cumin, broken pieces of red chillies, urad dhal, gram dhal, ground nuts, asafoetida and curry leaves in the order.
Fry well till the dhals become golden brown.
Transfer onto the flour and mix well.

Now heat 1 1/2 cups of water in a seperate vessel till just bubbles formed at the bottom of the vessel.
Add this slightly heated water to the flour mix little by little and prepare a dough of chappathy consistency.

Keep idly maker with enough water on the stove with high flame.
Smear oil on the idly plate.

Make kozhukattais using your palm and arrange.

Now place the idly plate inside idly maker and steam for 10 minutes till they are completely cooked.

spread a little garlic red chilly sauce over some kozhukattais

Now hot and spicy kozhukkatais are ready.

Enjoy with red garlic chutney, 


green chutney or without chutny. 

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