Paal Kozhukattai | Pal Kozhukattai with Jaggery and Coconut Milk
Paal Kohukattai is a traditional dish. The tiny balls made using rice flour are cooked in coconut milk with the addition of Jaggery. It has a rich sweet creamy taste
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 326kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Raw Rice 1 cup =250 ml
- ¼ cup Milk
- 2 teaspoon Gingelly Oil
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1½ cup Grated Jaggery
- 2 cup Thin Coconut Milk
- ½ cup Thick Coconut Milk
- ¼ teaspoon Cardamom Powder
Instructions
- Soak the rice in water for 30 mins. Grind the rice in mixer to a fine paste.
- Take the ground flour in a heavy bottomed pan, along with milk, gingelly oil and pinch of salt and keep the flame in low and stir continuously.
- The ground flour will slowly become thick in consistency and will become like a chapati dough. This is the correct consistency and switch off the flame.
- Make Sundakaai(Turkey Berry) size small balls out of the rice dough as shown in the video. Around 35-40 balls will come for 1 cup of rice
- In another sauce pan, bring jaggery to boil. When the jaggery gets completely dissolved, keep the jaggery juice aside
- In another heavy bottomed pan, add the thin coconut milk and bring it to boil
- Then gently drop the rolled rice dough balls. Keep in medium flame and cook the kozhukattai balls for 5-6 minutes. The cooked kozhukattai balls will be pale white and starts to float on the top of the thin coconut milk mixtur
- Then strain the jaggery juice and stir well to combine the coconut milk and jaggery. Add cardamom powder and stir gently
- Add thick coconut milk and switch off the flame
- The delicious Paal Kzohuttai is ready to serve!
Video
Nutrition
Serving: 1bowl | Calories: 326kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 21g