Purana Kozhukattai (Coconut & Jaggery)

Do u have the habit of seeing calendar daily? Do u check and get it noted that what are all the auspicious days which comes on the current month??

No…I never had that habit early but, blogging has bought me this habit of seeing the calendar regularly and getting all the auspicious days noted… also to get prepared for those celebration.

So now this post is for “Chitra Pournami” (on 3^rd May 2015)…Full Moon Day of Tamil month Chithirai.  It is celebrated to remove negative energy and dissolve your karma. We believe that lord “Chitra Gupta” was born on this day to the Mother “Kamadenu” so we avoid taking Milk and Milk product on this day.

People use to prepare Sarkarai Pongal, Pidi Kozhukattai and Variety Rice on this day…I Prepared this Purana Kozhukattai for my blog post for the special day "Chitra Pournami". It's made with stuffed grated coconut and Jaggery.

Ingredients:

For Outer Cover:

Rice flour -3 cups

salt a pinch

Water 3 cups

Oil or ghee - 1 table spoon

For Filling:

Grated coconut - 1cup

Jaggery - 1/2 cup

Cardamom powder ½ sp

Roasted gram powder – 1 table spoon (Pottukadai podi)

Method:

Mix grated coconut, jaggery, cardamon powder and roasted gram in a shallow bowl and keep it aside.

This mixture is called Puranam in Tamil.

Boil water in a heavy bottom pan and add salt to it.

Keep the flame lower and add the ready made rice flour, stir without lump and till it is soft.

Switch of the flame and when it attain the temperature which is bearable by your hand.

Grease your hand with Ghee.

Take a small portion and make a round ball shape, out of it make a deep thumb impression to make it like a cup... fill the cup with Puranam and close it by rounding into ball shape.

Make the remaining outer cover dough and puranam in the same way.

Keep the Kozhukattai in the idly steamer and cook it until done.