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Sesame Seeds /Thil / Ellu Kozhakattai | Prasadam for Ganesh Chaturthi

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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 02) Take the gooseberry size dough and make a shape of cup and add teaspoon full of ellu poornam and seal it nicely pinching from your fingers as per below picture shape

 

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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