Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Vinayaga chathurthi Kozhukattai(Mothagam)

Ingredients
Raw rice (Pacha arisi) - 1 cup
Powdered Jaggery - 3/4 cup
Water - 2 1/2 cups
Cashew - 5
Cardamom - 1
Grated Coconut - 1/4 cup

To Make Rice
  • Wash the Rice and dry it in Cotton cloth for 4 to 5 hours
  • And grind it in the mixi like Rice upma 
  • Should not make it as powder
To Make Kozhukattai
  • Take the powdered jaggery mix it with 1 cup of water
  • And heat it slightly for 3 to 4 minutes(should not make it as pagu)
  • It should be watery consistency and keep it aside
  • Heat the ghee in kadai 
  • Fry the Cashew 
  • After it came brown color, add the broken rice and fry it for 3 to 4 minutes 
  • Add 1 1/2 cup of water mix it well 
  • Cook it as like upma
  • And add the jaggery water to rice, mix it well 
  • Cook until becomes thick like upma again for 10 minutes
  • Finally add the coconut and cardamom and mix it 
  • Switch it off  and leave it for 10 minutes to cool down
  • After that make it as round balls and boil it in the Idly cooker or rice cooker

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