Sweet pidi kozhukattai | Rice flour sweet dumplings | Arisi vellam thenagi inippu Kolukattai

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, south india | Cooking Time: 20 minutes | To Serve: 5 | Type: Ganesh [vinayagar] Chaturthi festival special recipe

Ingredients

• Rice flour [Arisi maavu] – 1 cup
• Coconut – ½ cup [Grated]
• Jaggery [Vellam] – ¼ cup [Grated]
• Cardamom powder [elaichi, elakkai] - 1 tbsp
• Cashew nuts [Kaju, munthiri] – 8
• Ghee – 1 tbsp
• Warm water as needed [Apr.3 tbsp]

Method

• Dry roast rice flour for 1 min.
• Heat ghee in a pan roast cashew nuts, then chop.
• Take rice flour in a bowl, add grated coconut, cashew nuts, cardamom powder and grated jaggery. Sprinkle ghee and 2 tbsp of water mix well & make soft dough.
• Divide the dough into equal size balls. Take a lemon size portion and fold down all fingers and press gently.
• Steam it in an Idli cooker for 5 to 8 min. Then serve hot.

Rice flour sweet pidi kozhukattai