kolukattai

Kolukaatai the south Indian sweet dish is made on Vinayaka chaturti...All i thought in the beginning was it was tough to prepare...but after i got the recipe from my mom n prepared it...felt was more easier...Here is my moms recipe...

All u need...!!!
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For Dough
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1. Rice flour - 1 cup
2. oil / Ghee - 2 tsp
3. Water - 1 cup
4. Salt to taste

For Stuffing
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1. Jaggery - 1/2 cup
2. Grated Coconut - 1 cup
3. Cardamon - 3

How u go on making it...!!!
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1. Boil n mix water, rice flour, salt and oil/ghee.
Keep mixing it until it forms a dough like consistency. Make small balls of it and keep it aside.

2. Heat a non stick pan. When hot add Jaggery to it n a little water.
3. Keep stirring the jaggery until it becomes a think liquid like consisitency.
4. Add grated coconut to this and cardamon n stir gently for 5mins.
Stuffing is ready.

Now take a single ball of the dough and flatten them with ur hands to a small circle. Place a lil of the stuffing inside the circle and close the dough evenly on all sides such tht the stuffing doesnt come out. It can be made of any shapes as per ur creativity. Once this is done place them in idle pan n cook them for 10mins n server hot.

Poli

Poli...1 of the south indian sweet..which we make on Sankaranthi..Ugadhi..Diwali...
My mom makes excellent poli's n now i learnt from her n tried...It came out well...
Here is my moms recipe...

All u need...!!!
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For Stuffing
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1. 1 cup chana dhal (Bengal gram dhal) soaked in water for 2-3 hours and drained.
2. 1 cup jaggery
3. 3/4th cup of Grated coconut
4. 1 1/4 cups of maida flour
5. Cardamon - 2-3 pieces
6. 1 tsp Ghee
7. Pinch of salt
8. 2-3 tsp of oil

How u go on making it...
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1. Pressure cook the chana dhal for 2 whistles. Dont overcook.
2. Add jaggery, coconut, channa dhal and grind them. Dont overgrind to a fine paste. It should be 3/4th ground.
3. Add cardamons to the prepared stuff.
4. Add a pinch of salt to them.
Prepare small balls of this stuffing and keep them aside.

5. For the batter add maida flour, pinch of salt, 2 tsp of oil and enough water to make a soft and sticky dough.

Grease ur hands with oil and take a small portion of the dough and flatten them to the size of ur palm. Now take 1 piece of the stuffing and place it in the middle of the flattened dough and fold them. C that the filling doesnt come out. They should be completely stuffed inside the dough.
Now roll out the dough into thick puris making sure that the filling doesnt come out.

Meanwhile take a non stick tawa. Keep them on a low flame. When it turns hot place the
poli on the tawa pouring ghee around it. Cook on both the sides until brown spots appear.
Serve hot.