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Ellu Kozhukatai / Mothagam recipe

This mothagam recipe is very important for vinayagar chaturthi festival. Every year i used to help my mom to make mothagam shape. I have learnt this recipe from my mom. she used to cook very soft kozhukatai. If u follow the below methods correctly. i'm damn sure that you will get soft kozhukatai. Celebrate vinayagar chathurthi with your family and fullfilled with lots of happiness.

How to prepare kozhukatai using sesame seeds stuffing

Ingredients:

Roasted Sesame seeds

Grated jaggery

Rice Flour

Stuffing:

Roasted sesame seeds - 1 cup
Grated jaggery - 3/4 cup
Cardamom poweder - 2 pinch

Kozhukatai outer cover:

Rice flour / Idiyaapam Flour - 1 cup
Water - 11/4 cup
Salt - 1 pinch
Sesame seed oil - 1 tsp

How to make Rice Flour :

Soak the raw rice in water for for 1 to 2 hrs, drain the water completely and spread it in a cloth to dry. then grind it in a mixer into fine powder.

sieve it and keep aside.

Pour the rice flour in a white cloth and steam the rice flour in idli maker for 10 mins. Then transfer the flour in an plate and allow it to cool. for best results ,soft kozhukatai try the above making rice flour instead of using idiyapam flour.

Fresh flour gives very soft tough to kozhukatai and avoid bursting while steaming.

Method:

Dry roast the sesame seeds and when it is cool ,grind this along with jageery and keep aside

Add cardamom podwer mix it well and keep aside.

Add 1 tsp of oil and a pinch of salt in 1 1/4 cup of boiling water.

Then pour the boiling water in rice flour and mix it well with the back of the laddle.When it is warm grease your hands with oil and make it to a smooth dough.

Divide the dough into equal parts. Cover the balls else it will get dry.

Take one of the ball and by using your fingers make it like a cup. place one spoon of ellu stuffing and close it like a mothagam shape or refer below image.