SWEET KADUVU[SWEET KOZHUKATTAI]

The best part of celebrating Ganesh Chathurthi is the loads of goodies you get to relish after the pooja.One such thing is Kaduvu or kozhukattai.

You need:

For the dough:
Processed rice flour – 1 cup
Salt – to taste

For the sweet filling:
Coconut grated- 1/2 cup
Jaggery,powdered-1/4 cup
Cardamon powder- a pinch[Optional]

For the dough:

1. Mix salt and processed rice flour.
2. Heat 1 1/2 cups of water in a heavy bottomed pan.
3. Bring to a boil ,simmer and slowly stir in the processed rice flour.
4. The dough has to be stirred continuously to avoid lumps.
5. Keep stirring till the dough comes together as a ball and is glossy.
6. Test it by taking a bit of dough and shape into a ball.The ball should not break.This is the right stage,the dough it is done.
7. Remove from heat and let it cool a little.
8. When it cools enough to be handled,grease your hands and knead well for 5 minutes.

For the filling:Grind together coconut,cardamom and jaggery [Not to a fine paste].
To assemble:

1. Prepare the filling first and keep it aside.
2. When the dough is still warm make small balls.
3. Shape them into small cups and keep a little bit of the the filling in it and shape into modaks/kaduvu/kozhukattai.

4. Arrange the prepared kaduvus in a steamer and steam for 15 minutes or till done.
Note:Each variety of rice flour will absorb water differently.So keep some extra hot water handy when preparing the doughIf you are in a hurry to prepare kaduvu,use plain rice flour instead of processed rice flour.
This goes in for Mythreyee’s Sweet series – Deep fried or steam cooked sweets .