Thanni Kozhukattai is a very healthy breakfast dish as we are not going to use any oil for making this dish. Thanni Kozhukattai is nothing but, Parboiled rice with coconut balls cooked in boiling water. This is usually served with the water in which it is cooked hence its also called Kanji Kozhukattai. The water will be so yummy and we can drink the water. The best accompaniment for this thanni kozhukattai is piping hot coconut chutney. A healthy and easy tiffin, it needs very less ingredient with no complicated procedure to make it
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Thanni Kozhukattai | Neer Kozhukattai
Servings: 5 people
Calories: 100kcal
Thanni Kozhukattai is prepared using the rice flour and served along with its boiled water. The boiled water will be in Kanji (slightly dense) consistency hence it's also called Kanji Kozhukattai. One of the traditional and forgetton recipe, Thanni Kozhukkattai is very one of the healthy breakfast dish. Let's learn how to make Thanni Kozhukkattai with step by step pictures and also with a detailed video
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Ingredients
- 1 Cup Parboiled rice We can use Idli rice too
- ½ Cup Grated Coconut
- Salt To Taste
Instructions
- Soak the Parboiled Rice in water for 3 hours. Drain the water and grind it in grinder with little water. When the rice is almost ground, add the grated coconut and salt and then allow the flour to grind it for a while. The batter should be thick and not like idli or dosa batter. Just sprinkle water little by little and grind it to a coarse paste.
- Heat a pan and the coarsely ground rice with coconut paste and in low flame just keep stirring the mixture for couple of minutes. This is just to ensure that we are able to make balls out of the ground mixture. If you have added more water while grinding, don’t pani, just do this step and your batter would become thick quickly. Remove the pan from flame and allow it to cool for a while till you are able to handle the batter in your hand.
- Now take the flour and make a small lemon sized ball out of the batter. Repeat this step and make small balls out of rest of batter
- In a heavy bottomed pan add the water and when the water starts to boil add 5-6 rice balls and let it cook for couple of minutes. After some time carefully stir the balls and let it cook for some more time in water. After 15 mins take one ball and cut it with spoon to check if the kozhukattai is cooked well inside.
- Cook the rest of the balls and then swith off the flame and remove the kozhukattaai
- Serve the delicious Thanni kozhukattai with water in which it is cooked along with piping hot cocunut chutney
Notes
- We can drink the Kanji (the water used to cook the Kozhukattai). It's tasty and nutritious.
- You can also mix little jaggery with Kanji and drink it.
Nutritional Info
Nutrition Facts
Thanni Kozhukattai | Neer Kozhukattai
Amount Per Serving (2 Pieces)
Calories 100
Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Fat 3g5%
Carbohydrates 20g7%
Protein 1g2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Method to make Thaneer Kozhukattai (Kanji Kozhukkattai) with step by step pictures:
- Soak the Parboiled Rice in water for 3 hours. Drain the water and grind it in grinder with little water. When the rice is almost ground, add the grated coconut and salt and then allow the flour to grind it for a while. The batter should be thick and not like idli or dosa batter. Just sprinkle water little by little and grind it to a coarse paste.
- Heat a pan and the coarsely ground rice with coconut paste and in low flame just keep stirring the mixture for couple of minutes. This is just to ensure that we are able to make balls out of the ground mixture. If you have added more water while grinding, don't pani, just do this step and your batter would become thick quickly. Remove the pan from flame and allow it to cool for a while till you are able to handle the batter in your hand.
- Now take the flour and make a small lemon sized ball out of the batter. Repeat this step and make small balls out of rest of batter
- In a heavy bottomed pan add the water and when the water starts to boil add 5-6 rice balls and let it cook for couple of minutes. After some time carefully stir the balls and let it cook for some more time in water. After 15 mins take one ball and cut it with spoon to check if the kozhukattai is cooked well inside.
- Cook the rest of the balls and then swith off the flame and remove the kozhukattaai
Serve the delicious Thanni kozhukattai with water in which it is cooked along with piping hot cocunut chutney
