soft poorna kozhukattai

KOZHUKATTAI is one of the  sweets preparwd usually on pillayar chaturthi .
In my mother in laws place we make this sweet even for Varalakshmi Viratham .
Lets see how to make this delicacy using the Shop brought rice flour.

Ingredients needed for making the flour

2 cups rice flour
Salt a pinch
5 spoons of oil
2 transparent plastic sheets or baking paper


Procedure

Take a wide bowl put rice flour , oil , a pinch of salt .

Heat water. I used kettle for heating it .

Now  using a hand blender pour hot water to the required consistency and make it into a soft dough.

If you do not have blender u can use the back side of a long serving spoon and mix well and using hand mix well like atta dough using oil.

Now make small balls and keep it ready.

Now take 2 medium sized transparent plastic sheet or baking paper and apply little oil 

Now take one ball ans keep it in the middle.

Now cover the ball with another paper .

Now take a tumbler and press the back side of the glass over the ball and make a round flat dough.

Now remove the upper sheet .you will now be having a flat dough .
In the centre keep the poornam and slowly take its sides and cover it.

Take a steamer vessel either idly cooker or a electronic steamer and steam the sweets for 5 to 8 mins.

Your sweet kozhukattai is ready to serve.


Procedure to make poornam 

Ingredients

1 cup grated coconut
Half cup jaggery 
Cardomom powder

Procedure

Take a pan put jaggery add little water and allow it to boil 

Now take a strainer amd and pour the jaggery water so take off the dirt from the  jaggery. 

Now in the pan add jaggery and coconut till it becomes thick and leaves no water. 

Your poornam is ready for stuffing.