ELLU KOZHAKATTAI/VARALAKSHMI POOJA RECIPES/GANESH CHATHURTHI RECIPES

Ellu Kozhakattai is a sesame based filling in the rice flour dough made during Varalakshmi Pooja and Ganesh Chaturthi .It us a very easy to make recipe and required less time to make too. Sesame or ellu Kozhakattai is made alongwith Ulundu Kozhakattai and Modakam,which constitute the essential naivedhyam for the festivities.So since Varalakshmi Pooja and Ganesh Chaturthi is round the corner,I am posting the recipe of Ellu Kozhakattai.See down below the recipe for the same..

INGREDIENTS

Black Sesame	1/4 cup
Jaggery	2 tsp
Cardamom Powder	a pinch

FOR THE DOUGH

Rice Flour	1 cup
Water	as needed
Sesame Oil	1 tsp

 

HOW TO MAKE

• Dry roast sesame seeds in a pan.Put them in a blender alongwith jaggery and cardamom powder.

• Grind finely.Make balls out of the mixture.

FOR MAKING THE DOUGH

• In a pan add water alongwith sesame oil and allow it to boil.Add rice flour slowly without forming lumps.

 

• Mix well continuosly and wait till it gets cooked.

• Make small balls out of rice flour and make cup shapes.

• Close and form shapes as shown.Steam in an idli cooker.

• After 8-10 minutes ,check if it is cooked.

• Ellu Kozhakattais are ready for offering as naivedhya to GOD.

Notes

• Cover the dough from getting dry with a cloth.
• Apply oil while making kozhakattais to your hand.
• Adding coconut to the poornam is another variation in the filling.

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