Vinayaka Chaturthi Special "Modakam"(Purnam Kozhakkattai/Ammini Kozhakkattai)

Purnam Kozhakkattai

Ingredients

Dough:
Raw rice- 1 cup
1 Pinch salt
Gingely oi l- 2tbsp

Purnam(Filling):
Grated coconut – 1 cup
Jaggerry-1 cup
Cardamom pdr- 1 tsp
Ghee -1 tsp

Rice Dough:

Soak the rice for 1 hr.Grind it adding a pinch of salt and water.

In a kadai pour 2 tsp of gingley oil and add the ground mixture.Stir continuously till it become thich dough. Keep it to cool down. Knead the dough applying little oil in the hands.

For the filling:

In ¼ cup water add the jaggery and heat it when it becomes liquid add the grated coconut.When it becomes thick add the cardamom pdr and 1 tsp ghee.Let it cool.

Method

Make small balls of the rice dough. Apply oil to your hands and make small cups with rice dough fill it with purnam and close it .Steam it in idli cooker for 10 minutes.

Ammini Kozhakkattai

If there is excess rice dough from the purnam kozhakkattai Mix some salt ,1 tsp gingely oil and dosa molakappodi to it and make it into small rounds. Steam it in a cooker as you did the purnam kozhakkattai.

Small kids enjoy this a lot.