As i made promised to my self to offer each day one prasadam here is Ellu Kozhakattai as a 3rd day nivedyam for lord Ganesh :) Ganpathy Bappa Moriya.
In the language of Tamil “Prasadam/nivedyam” means an edible food that is
first offered to a God / deity and then distributed in his/her name to
followers/others as good sign.
First day -> Fried Modak
Second day -> Vella Kozhakattai / Ukadiche Modak
Third day is -> Thil/Ellu kozhakattai
For Kozhakattai / Modak outer Shell:
- Rice Flour - 1/2 cup
- Salt to taste
- Water
Kozhakattai/ Modak/Dumplings Mehod:
Step 01) In a bowl add rice flour and salt without lumps mix it with 1/2 cup of water
Step 02) Put a reasonable size heavy bottom pan on the range and heat 1 cup of water and bring them to boil. Keep the flame in slow and then add the rice flour mixture and stir it until it makes nice shiny dough
For Sesame seeds StuffingThil/ Ellu / Poornam
- Jaggery - 1/4 cup
- Thil/ Sesame seeds/ Ellu- 1/4 cup
Jaggery –In India, it is prepared by
heating the Sugar Cane juice in the
vessel on furnace. Jaggery used to give sweetness to dish. It is available in
Indian store as block, chunks and even as powder format. The colors vary from
golden brown to dark brown.
Ellu Poornam Method:
Step 01) Dry roast the ellu/ Thil to a golden color. Once it is cooled down add this to blender with jaggery and grind it. You can stuff this pooram in spoon or you can give round shape also
Step 03) Repeat till all the dough and stuffing is used up. Steam the modak/ Kozhakattai in idli steamer for 15 mins.
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