Kambu sweet pidi kozhukattai | Pearl millet [Bajra] sweet dumplings-How to make-Stepwise pictures

Cuisine Style: Tamilnadu ancient style | Preparation & Cooking Time: 20 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type: Breakfast, Vinayagar chaturthi special kozhukattai, Weight loss & Easy diabetic recipes

Ingredients

• Kambu [Pearl millet, Bajra] – 1 cup
• Ghee – 2 tbsp
• Grated coconut – ½ cup
• Jaggery – ½ cup [grated]
• Cardamom powder-1 tbsp
• Cashew nuts – 8
• Raisins [Kismiss] -10
• Warm water - 2 to 3 tbsp or as needed

Preparation

• Dry roast kambu, let it cool & coarsely grind.
• Heat ghee in a pan roast cashew nuts, raisins and then chop.
• Take freshly ground kambu in a bowl, add grated coconut, cashew nuts, raisins, cardamom powder and grated jaggery mix well.
• Drizzle enough warm water & make soft dough.
• Take a lemon size portion and fold down with 5 fingers and press gently.
• Steam it in an Idli cooker for 15 min & serve.

How to make Kambu sweet pidi kozhukattai-Step by step photos

Kambu-Tamil/ Pearl millet-English/ Bajra-hindi

Dry roast till light brown

In a mixie jar add dry roasted kambu then coarsely grind

Freshly ground kambu powder

Heat ghee in a pan roast cashews & raisins then chop

Take a bowl with kambu powder, add raisins & cashews

Add cardamom powder

Add grated jaggery & coconut

Add warm water then make soft dough.

Take a lemon size portion of dough then fold & press gently with your fingers

Gently release the fingers.

Now you can see the pidi kolukattai shape

Place it in an idli cooker then steam it for 10 min

10 min later-kambu pearl millet kozhukattai is ready to serve