Ingredients : Rice flour(1 cup), oil(3 tsp), jaggery(1 cup), water(1 cup), salt(a pinch), dry grated coconut(1 cup).
For the crust :
Fry the rice flour in a non-stick pan till
it becomes moderately hot. Keep it aside.
Measure a cup of water into a non-stick pan.
Let it boil.
When it boils vigourously, add 2 tsp
oil, a pinch of salt, the roasted rice flour and stir well.
Keep stirring and once the water evaporates,
take it off the stove.
Let it cool down to a bearable temperature.
Now knead the dough well, without any
lumps.
For the filling:
Powder the jaggery well.
Put it in a non-stick pan and heat it over
the flame.
The jaggery will dissolve.
Add the coconut and stir well.
After all the water evaporates, take
it off the stove.
The final product :
Spread oil over your left palm.
Take a small quantity of the kneaded dough.
Make it into a lime-sized ball.
Dip your right forefinger in oil.
Now shape the dough into a nice cup with your
right finger making the sunken portion of the cup.
Keep some filling into the cup.
Seal the top nicely with the sides of the
cup.
The final product will look like an onion
bulb.
Prepare all the kozhukkatais like this.
Steam in the idli cooker.
Do not take it out of the cooker when it is
hot. It will break.
Allow it to cool inside the cooker for sometime.
This will hold the kozhukkattai together.