Ellu Kozhukattai recipe | Ellu poornam kozhukattai recipe – Ellu modakam recipe – Modakam recipe with detailed step-by-step pictures.
Actually, I wanted to post a savory version of Kozhukattai , Uppu Kozhukattai, but few readers requested for ellu kozhukattai , so I wanted to post this ellu modakam today. Coming to the recipe of Ellu kozhukattai, though my mom or mil will not make this at home, I asked a friend here and she told me they make it with the normal ellu urundai poornam. So let me share this easy recipe of modakam.
You can make the outer cover by soaking rice, refer to this video of how to make a perfect modakam. Check out, Kadalai paruppu poornam kozhukattai, Ulundu kozhukattai, Modakam using mould, Modakam with desiccated coconut.
Ellu Kozhukattai recipe
Ingredients
For the poornam
- ¼ cup ellu | sesame seeds
- 2 tbsp powdered jaggery
- 1 tbsp coconut
For the dough
- ½ cup idiyappam flour
- Water as needed
- 1 tsp sesame oil
Instructions
- Dry roast the the sesame seeds and when it is cool grind this along with jaggery and coconut(if adding)
- The oil in the sesame seeds makes this to come into a whole mass.
- Roll this into small balls.
- Make the dough by adding enough boiling hot water to the idiyappam flour.
- Cover it for 2 minutes. when it is warm, grease your hands with sesame oil and knead into a pliable dough. Divide the dough into equal parts. Cover it else it will get dry.
- Take a small portion of dough and with your fingers make it like a cup. Place the ellu urundai into this and make it into a modak shape.
- Repeat this for the rest of the dough. Steam this in a idli maker and steam for 10 minutes.
- Ellu kozhukattais are ready for neivedhyam.
Notes
- Dry roast the sesame seeds and when it is cool grind this along with jaggery and coconut(if adding)
- The oil in the sesame seeds makes this come into a whole mass.
- Roll this into small balls.
- Make the dough by adding enough boiling hot water to the idiyappam flour.
- Cover it for 2 minutes. when it is warm, grease your hands with sesame oil and knead into a pliable dough. Divide the dough into equal parts. Cover it else it will get dry.
- Take a small portion of dough and with your fingers make it like a cup. Place the ellu urundai into this and make it into a modak shape.
- Repeat this for the rest of the dough. Steam this in an idli maker and steam for 10 minutes.
- Ellu kozhukattais are ready for neivedhyam.
- I made this using white sesame seeds. You can use black sesame seeds too.
- You can make the ellu poornam the before the day and make the kozhukattai on the festival day.
i could see the payasam 🙂 and sundal behind the shot ! mouth watering !
Love ellu poornam..delicious kozhakattais
Ellu poranam looks perfect……..yummy
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Wow , wonderful kozukattai ..
wow so yumm kozhukattai… my favorite…
Looks so yummy..perfectly shaped.
Thank you posting this recipe. Can I add little water while grinding or should no water be added?
Nicely made and looks yummy…. have to try
kozhukattai looks delicious 🙂
nice kolukattai.. love it
Yummy Kolukatai
Delicious kozhakattais, loved the filling.
I love this kolukatai. Will make them tomorrow.
Happy Ganesh-Gowri festival!
thank you so much for posting so many traditional recipes.
Global vegan fare
Sounds really easy and delicious as well!
yummy so good drooling here.
Looks very tempting…my fav anytime!