Sweet Ammini Kozhukattai | Sweet Mani Kozhukattai | Ganesh Chathurthi Recipe

Sweet Ammini/ Mani Kozhukattai, a quick to make rice flour dumpling sweetened with jaggery syrup.In our school days, Amma used to make different types of kozhukattai as our evening snacks which is really a healthy and fulfilling snacks compared to any packed snacks.

Uppu kozhukattai , thengai kozhukattai and this sweet kozhukattai are the most common kozhukattai that I grew up eating as snacks and we don't wait for festivals to prepare these snacks at our home. 

Making of this mani kozhukattai  is almost the same as of uppu kozhukattai except here it's  mildly sweetened with jaggery syrup and topped with grated coconut and roasted sesame seeds for more flavor and texture.

 If you're a beginner or trying to make kozhukattai for the first time, this recipe is an ideal one to start with. It's such a fool proof recipe and you can't go wrong with it.

Related: How to make Thengai Kozhukattai

But if you're making this in a larger batch, you may find it tiresome to roll all the kozhukattai into small balls. In that scenario, you may include your kids/spouse to roll the kozhukattai, i'm sure that they would love to do it, or you can invite over your friends and do it as group cooking, chit chatting and rolling, it would be so much fun. 

Actually it reminds me of the time where Amma and aunties sat together, chit chatting and rolling the dough for seedai, paal kozhukattai. Good old memories !!  Ok,  now let's check out how I have prepared this sweet ammini/mani kozhukattai. For more ganesh chathurthi recipes check here.

Sweet Ammini Kozhukattai | Sweet Mani Kozhukattai

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 10 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Sweet | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
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Ingredients
Rice flour - 1/2 cup
Sesame oil - 1/2 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Boiling water - little less of 1/2 cup
Jaggery - 1/4 cup
Sesame seed - 1 tsp
Grated Coconut - 1 tbsp
Cardamom - 1

Procedure

First for the dough, take the rice flour in a bowl, add salt and oil, mix it well, then pour the boiling water and make a soft dough. Let it rest for 5 mins.

Take a small portion of dough and roll into smooth ball, do the same for the entire dough, place it on the greased steamer plate and steam it for 5-8 mins in a medium flame.

In a sauce pan, add the jaggery and water, put in on flame, let the jaggery melts completely, filter it once to remove the impurities and keep it ready.

Next heat a pan and dry roast the sesame seeds till it's aromatic, then transfer into a plate. Pour the prepared jaggery syrup into the pan and bring into boil again.Let the syrup boil until it becomes sticky.

Add the crushed cardamom powder and the roasted sesame seed into it. Mix it well, then add the steamed kozhukattai. 

Stir it until all blends well together, finally add the grated coconut, mix it well and switch off the flame.

Tasty Sweet Mani Kozhukattai is ready.

Related: How to make Ragi Mani Kozhukattai

Notes:

• Roll the kozhukattai into small balls helps to blends with other flavors well.
• The sugar syrup should be sticky to coat the kozhukattai well.
• Adding roasted sesame seeds give nice flavor to this kozhukattai, but you can skip that too if you don't have it.
  

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Ragi Kozhukattai | Ammini Kozhukattai | Vinayagar Chathurthi Special

Ragi Kozhukattai, a simple yet healthy steamed dumplings made from finger millet flour. 

As we both are very much fond of ragi recipes, in our home i often prepare dosa, puttu,kanji(congee) with ragi and this kozhukattai is the new addition to that list. 

I make them either as pidi kozhukattai and serve with chutney for our breakfast or as ammi kozhukattai for our evening snack and in both ways it's scrumptious.

As Vinayagar chathurthi is less than a week away, I thought that posting this recipe is appropriate  for this season, so I prepared this yesterday for our evening snack and clicked new snaps to post here. 

Unlike rice flour kozhukattai, this doesn't shoot your glucose level, that makes it as very diabetic friendly, so if you're worrying about what to make on vinayagar chathurthi for the elders in home who have diabetes, try this ragi kozhukattai and surprise them.I'm sure that they do enjoy this kozhukattai.

Ragi Kozhukattai

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Snacks | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Ragi Kozhukattai, Ragi Ammini Kozhukattai Ragi Kozhukattai, a simple yet healthy steamed dumplings made from finger millet flour.

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Ingredients
Ragi Flour - 1/2 cup
Boiling Water -1/4 cup + 2 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Sesame oil - 1/2 + 1/2 tsp
Mustard & urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - 2 
Grated Coconut - 1 to 2 tbsp
To dry roast and grind
Red chili - 1
Chana dal - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 3/4 tsp

Procedure

Heat a kadai, add the flour and roast till it becomes aromatic. Take off from the heat and let it cool a bit.

Add salt and sesame oil(1/2 tsp) into flour and mix it well.

Add the boiling water and mix it well with ladle. Once it comes together, keep the ladle aside & mix with your hands to make the dough.

Now pinch a small amount of dough and roll into balls. Do the same for the remaining dough.

Grease the idli plate/steamer plate with sesame oil and place the rolled dough on the plate and steam it for 8-10 mins.

In the mean time, dry roast the ingredients listed under "To dry roast and grind"  and grind into coarse powder.

Heat a another kadai with 1/2 tsp of oil, add mustard, urad dal & curry leaves, let the mustard splutters, then add the spice powder and roast it in oil for 2mins in low flame.

Then add the kozhukattai and mix it well. Finally add the grated coconut, give a good mix and switch off the flame.

Tada, Healthy and tasty Ragi Kozhukattai is ready.

Related : How to make Sweet Mani Kozhukattai 

Notes:

• Roast the flour till it becomes aromatic, that gives nice flavor to the kozhukattai
• While roasting the flour make sure that the color of the flour doesn't get change.Keep the flame in medium.
• Once the kozhukattai is cooked, it looks shiny outside.
• Depend on how much spice you want, you can add more or less spice powder.
• You can make the spice powder in bulk and store in airtight container and use whenever needed.
• Use boiling water to make dough.
  

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