Ellu Kozhukattai | Sesame Seeds Kozhukattai
Ellu Kozhukattai, another yummy variety of modak! Sesame seeds is soaked, toasted and then concocted with jaggery and the sesame filling is then stuffed inside modak!
Servings: 20 people
Calories: 59kcal
Equipment
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
- Mixer Grinder
Ingredients
- 1 cup Kozhukattai Mavu 1 Cup - 250ml
- 1 cup Sesame seeds
- 0.5 cup Grated Jaggery
- 2 tablespoon Grated Coconut
- 4 nos Cardamom
- 2 tablespoon Sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon Ghee (Clarified butter)
- 5 Cashew
Instructions
Soak & Fry Sesame Seeds
- Soak the black sesame seeds in water for 10 mins and then take it out and add it to a pan and keep the pan in the flame. Fry the sesame seeds in a pan.
Grinding Process
- When it starts to sputter remove it from flame and then take it in a mixer. Grind the sesame seeds in the mixer and again add the jaggery, cardamom powder, chopped coconut to the mixer.
- Grind it for a while and then take the mixture in a bowl. Heat ghee in a pan and fry the cashews till they turn golden brown color.
Prepare Puranam
- Add the roasted cashews to the puranam. Make small balls out of this mixture and keep it in a plate. Now our filling (Sesame Seeds Pooranam) is ready.
Prepare Modak
- Take some oil in a bowl and take little oil in hand and then take little rice flour ball and make it like a cup and then in the middle of it add the sesame seeds pooranam ball and then close the flour and keep it aside. Repeat the same for rest of the flour and pooranam.
Steaming Modak
- Steam cook all these kozhukattai in a Idli plate in the cooker for 5 mins.
Serving Time
- The mouth-watering sesame seeds poorana kozhukattai is ready for Neivedhyam on the auspicious occasion of Vinayaka Chaturthi and then server it hot.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Modak | Calories: 59kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Fiber: 2g