Lord Ganesha’s Favourite dish and My
Grandmother’s Special
During
every birthday of Lord Sri Ganesha, in India we prepare Kozhukattai and make it
as an offering to him. It is supposed to be one of the very favourite dish of
Lord Ganesh. In Tamilnadu, it is called
as Kozhukattai whereas in other parts of India it is known as Modhakam. Mostly,
this is prepared mainly from rice and in some parts it is prepared from wheat
or maida. In Kozhukattai , there is a sweet and a salt Kozhukattai. I love
sweet Kozhukattai, Have you ever wondered how they make it? Last year, during
Vinayaka Chaturthi I got a chance to see how they prepare it. Basically Kozhukattai looks like the picture
below.
· Rice - 1 cup
· Coconut - one
· Jaggery - 150g
· Cardamom
Powder - ½ tsp
METHOD OF PREPARATION:
· Soak rice in
2cups of water and keep it aside for an hour.
· After one hour,
completely squeeze the water out from the bowl, powder it.
· Boil 1 and ½
cups of water.
· Add 2tsp of
gingerly oil.
· Mix the powder
in the boiling water and make a soft-smooth dough.
Keep it aside by
closing in a wet cloth.
· Meanwhile, grate
the coconut.
· Add Jaggery and
the grated coconut into the frying pan.
· Mix them till it
turns golden brown and add a pinch of cardamom.
· This is called
“Puranam” for making Kozhukattai.
· Now, Keep this
“Puranam” aside and let it cool.
Coming to the
dough part, make them into small balls as shown in the picture.
Picture above
shows the small balls of the dough.
· Now, from each
balls make a small cup like shapes.
· After the
“Puranam” has cooled down, according to the size of the cups (Dough) keep the
“Puranam” inside the cup-dough and close it.
· Here comes the
final part of the preparation, keep these uncooked Kozhukattai’s inside the
cooker and steam it for 10 minutes.
Ahaaa!I shall ask my Grandmother to make me some, RIGHT NOW!!! :D
You guys try this and do let me know the result. Feedbacks are most welcome and awaited...
HAPPY Kozhukattai-ying!!!
