Uppu Kozhukattai / Ulundhu Kozhakattai

Uppu Kozhukattai is the prasadam for Vinayaka Chathurthi along with the  Vella Kozhakattai and Ammini Kozhakattai. I love the Uppu Kozhakattai as its almost like a paruppu usili filled in the rice balls and then steamed in the pressure cooker. The Uppu Kozhukattais, I always felt were comparitively more easier to make as one makes [...]

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Mini Kozhukattai – Ammini Kozhukattai (Steamed mini rice balls spiced with seasonings).

Ammini Kozhukattais – I have no clue about the origin of that name and how we came about calling that delicacy that. I know that whenever we set out to make Uppu Kozhukattais and Vella Kozhukattais, we would normally have the outer dough leftover and so amma would always make these mini delicacies!!! In my [...]

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Kozhukattai Outer Dough for Preparation of Modhakas.

Every year Vinayaka Chathurthi is celebrated all over the world as the day on which Lord Ganesha, the son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi bestows his presence on this earth. Vinayaka Chathurthi in my home essentially marks the beginning of good times and of course all other festivals. In Madras, the entire shopping streets [...]

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Pictures Updated on Pidi Kozhakattai – Steamed Rice Dumplings.

The pictures have been updated on one of my earliest posts Pidi Kozhakattai – Steamed Rice Dumplings

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Pidi Kozhukattai – Steamed rice dumplings.

Pidi Kozhukattai is one of the oldest tiffin items that I remember my grandmother Maduraiamma making for me when I would come from school all hungry and ravenous. I would be waiting to eat the lovely white steaming hot balls of rice, smelling of hing and coconut and  smother it well with her delicious  Molagai [...]

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