Steamed wheat balls with coconut stuffing/ Kozhukattai/ Modak

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!

Enjoy making steamed kozhukattai-Lord Ganesha's favorite dish.

Ingredients

Wheat flour (Chappati flour/Aashirvaad Aata) - 1 cup
Fresh grated coconut - 1 cup
Water
Salt
Jaggery- around 1 cup
Cardamom powder
Oil

Method
To make the poornam/ stuffing
1. First melt jaggery in little water (just enough to melt the jaggery).
2. Strain or transfer the jaggery syrup into another pan to remove the impurities that settle at the bottom.
3. Reheat the jaggery syrup and add the fresh grated coconut and mix well. When the water gets absorbed and the coconut mix starts to leaving the sides of the pan switch off the heat and add a pinch of cardamom powder.
4. Allow the coconut poornam/stuffing to cool.
5. Boil water and add wheat flour to make a soft dough. Add little oil and a pinch salt and knead it well without lumps.
6. Coat your fingers with little oil and take a small amount of dough- the size of a lemon.
7. Start spreading the dough from the center to make it flat and round.
8. Apply oil on your hands and take little coconut poornam/stuffing and roll it in between your palms to make it round.
9. Place the coconut poornam/stuffing in the center of the flattened wheat dough.
10. Gather the corners and give a twist.
11. Repeat steps 6 to 10 and steam the balls in a pressure cooker or a steamer.




Bon appétit!