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palak kozhukattai

palak kozhukattai
Prep Time3 hours
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time3 hours 20 minutes
Course: Main Course, Starters
Cuisine: Tamilnadu cuisine
Author: Jinoo Jayakrishnan
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup raw rice
  • 5-6 spinach leaves
  • a pinch sugar
  • 1/2 inch ginger
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 green chilli
  • salt to taste
  • 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tsp chana dal
  • 1/4 tsp urad dal
  • 8-10 shallots chopped

Instructions

  • Soak Raw rice for 3-4 hours or even overnight.
  • Wash Palak leaves couple of times and put them in boiling water with a pinch of sugar. Switch off and cover teh vessel. Let it sit for 2-3 minutes. When it loses its stiffness and becomes soft, get the leaves out, strain and
  • grind it with soaked raw rice, salt, ginger, garlic and green chilli. Without adding water. Add water only if necessary.
  • Make it to a semi thick paste not very smooth but not coarse as well
  • Heat oil, splutter mustard seeds, urad dal and chana dal.
  • Drop in shallots and fry for a minute
  • pour in the Palak raw rice paste and keep stirring in simmer. until it is well combined and forms a ball like in consistency. switch off.
  • When it is warm enough to handle with your palms, take a small ball out of it , roll them
  • Take all the kozhukattais and steam cook in idli pan for 10 min in medium flame.