Kozhukattai payasam with jaggery | Sweet rice ball dumplings-How to make-Step by step photos

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

Ingredients

• Rice flour [Arisi maavu]– 1 cup
• Coconut – 3 tbsp [grated]
• Jaggery – ¼ cup [grated]
• Green cardamom powder – 1 tbsp
• Pistachios – 4 [optional]
• Salt to taste
• Gingelly oil – 1 tbsp
• Water as needed

Method

• In a bowl, add rice flour & water then make idli batter consistency without lumps.
• Heat pan, pour batter and stir continuously till mixture becomes chapatti soft dough consistency.
• Then pour 1 tbsp of ginelly oil over the dough.
• Divide the dough into equal size balls [small gooseberry size].
• Heat idli cooker with water & let it boil.
• Then grease idly plates with oil, Place prepared balls & place it in boiling water, cover lid and steam it for 5 to 8 min.
• Heat pan add jaggery & water melt it. Then cook till thick syrup consistency.
• Add cardamom powder
• Add steamed rice balls cook till 3 min.
• Then add grated coconut &grated pistachios serve immediately.

How to make Kozhukattai payasam with jaggery- Step by step photos

Add rice flour, water, salt in a pan mix well & make idli batter consistency

Heat pan, stir well & make soft dough on medium flame

Kolukattai dough is ready, pour 1 tbsp of gingelly oil, make balls

Make equal size balls, place it in an idli plates

Steam it in an idli cooker for 10 min

Perfectly steamed rice ball dumplings

Remove mini kozhukattai from idli steamer

Heat pan add jaggery & water dissolve

Cook till thick syrup consistency

Add cardamom powder

Add steamed rice balls

Soak it for 3 min

Rice ball dumplings with jaggery

Sweet mani kozhukattai with jaggery is ready, add grated coconut & pistachios