Pidi Kozhukkattai:(Country Style)Pidi Kozhukattai. Rice Dumplings. Modhak. Simple Rice Modhak. Ganesh Chathurti Sweet Recipe. Vinayaga Chathurthi Sweet Recipe.There are sure wide varieties of ‘Kozhukkattai’ in Tamil Nadu. Generally they prepare with lots of varied fillings, like semolina, sesame, peanuts, cashew nuts, grated coconut…..etc. This ‘Modhak’ is completely different. You can shape it down by pressing between your palm……‘pidi’ means ‘pressed between your palm’. Quite simple to make, yet delicious.

Ingredients:

Fresh Mill Ground Raw Rice Flour – 1 cup
Jaggery/Indian brown sugar – ¾ cup
Cardamom seeds powder – 1 spoon
Dry ginger powder – ¼ spoon (optional)
Coconut grated – ¼ cup
Ghee/clarified butter – few spoons

Method:

In a large bowl, sift rice flour. Add cardamom seeds powder, ginger powder and grated coconut to this. Mix them thoroughly. Set aside.

Heat jaggery in 1 cup of water. When it comes to boiling point….filter it once to remove the dirt. Again keep heating, to bring syrup like consistency.

Now run this jaggery syrup over the flour. Mix them using hands. Bring it to soft dough like balls. Make equal parts out of it. Each roundels should be around 3” in diamenter.

Smear your hands with ghee/butter. Now press each roundels in between your palm firmly for few seconds .

Place this ‘Kozhukkattai’ over ghee smeared plate. Repeat the same for all the remaining roundels too.

Or even simply…one can make their own desired shapes.

Now steam cook them for at least 10-12 minutes in a idly cooker.

Serve warm as a dessert.

Note: Smear the laddle with ghee, before placing the ‘modhak’
Always….leave enough gap between each ‘modhak’ while steaming too.