Paal kozhukattai | Paal kolukattai recipe | Ganesh Chaturthi special bhog recipe | Learn how to make this special bhog recipe with step-by-step photos and video. Paal kozhukattai is a sweet rice flour dumplings with thickened milk. It is one of the most popular recipes from south India. Paal kozhukattai is specially made during Ganesh Chaturthi as a bhog for Lord Ganesha. If you are new to this recipe, you have to give it a try to this recipe. and I am sure that you will make this again and again. Because it is super easy to make and tastes amazing. You can serve this warm or chilled.
Paal Kozhukattai
Paal kozukattai is also known as paal kolukattai. It is one of the most popular Chettinad special dishes. Traditionally it is made on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi. IT is made as a bhog/navidaym to Lord Ganesha. In paal kozhukattai, paal means milk and kozhukattai means rice flour balls. For this recipe, we need 4 to 5 ingredients that are rice flour/idiyappam flour, full-fat milk/coconut milk, sugar/jaggery, cardamom. Traditionally it is made with coconut milk but here I used regular milk for this. Because in northern part we cannot easily get the pure coconut milk. So you can use regular milk or coconut milk. You can flavor this with cardamom, saffron. You can serve this warm or chilled.
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INGREDIENTS
- 1 medium cup rice flour(50 to60 grams)
- 200 to 250 ml milk or water
- 1 tbsp ghee(clarified butter)
- 700 to 800 ml full fat milk/coconut milk
- 2 to 3 tbsp sugar
- A pinch of cardamom powder
| Total Time | 20 to 25 minutes |
| Servings | 3 to 4 small bowls |
How to make kozhukattai balls?
First, take a pan, add 200 to 250 ml milk. Here you can also use water or half milk and half water.
Add ghee.
Boil the milk on a high flame.
When milk is boiling, turn the flame on low or turn off the heat. Add rice flour.
Immediately mix it. We do not want any lump, so that mix quickly.
After that turn off the heat and leave it to cool down for 10 to 15 minutes. Make sure that we need wet dough. So do not make a dry dough. If your dough looks hard or dry, add more water or milk and knead it or mix it on low flame. Or if your dough looks too wet cook it for 2 to 3 minutes on medium flame. Then leave it to cool down.
After cooling, take some water and apply it to your hands to prevent sticking the dough.
Take a small portion of rice flour dough. Make a smooth ball.
Make all of them like this.
How to make paal kozhukattai?
Now take another pan, add milk. Here you can use coconut milk.
Boil the milk on a high flame.
When it starts to boil, add kozhukattai balls in it and mix well. Cook it for 4 to 5 minutes on medium flame.
Then add cardamom powder.
Mix well and cook it on low flame for 10 minutes than for 10 minutes on medium flame.
After that add sugar as per your taste. Mix well.
It may take a total of 20 to 25 minutes. When milk is reduced and a little bit thick in consistency. Turn off the heat. Paal kozhukatati is ready. Serve warm or chilled.
