Kothumai Mavu Kolukattai/Easy snack breakfast/Wheatflour Streamed Dumplings

                 This is vinayagar special kolukattai for the coming vinayagar chaturthi festival .Vinayagar likes "aval,pori-kadalai ,arisi kolukattai and appam" literally means "Poha,puffed rice with peanuts,rice streamed dumplings,Sweet deep fried Dumplings".  So try to make at least one for prasadam to please vinayagarand get his blessings.

             This is the easiest of all the kolukattai's ,i mean no stuffing ,no boiling of dumplings mix them and stream them.This kolukattai you can make it as prasad,snack or may be for your dinner or breakfast .

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 Preparation time:10 min
Cooking time:20min
Yields:8 sweet and 10 salt kolukattai



Ingredients for sweet :

• 1 cup whole wheat flour/kothumai
• 3/4 cup jaggery (broken pieces )/vellam
• 1 tsp sesame seeds/ellu
• 1/2 cup of water
• 2 tbsp  coconut sliced/grated

Method:

• Dry roast wholewheat flour until you get the smell of wheat flour.

• Add 1 /2 cup water to the jaggery and Microwave for 2 min (take it out every 1 min)and filter it
•  Melt the jaggery in tava and filter it .
• Add  coconut pieces /grated coconut to the roasted wheat flour.

 

Add sesame seeds to it .

 

Add melted jaggery

• Mix it well and make a soft dough out of it  .
• Grease an idly plate using cooking oil .
  

•  Make 8 equal shaped oval balls out of it
• Make a thumprint and stream them for 10 min or untl it is done .

Ingredients for salt :

• 1 1/2 cup wholewheat flour/kothumai
• 1/4 -1/2 tsp salt (adjust :this is for your reference)
• 1 tbsp coconut grated or sliced/Thengai
• 1 cup water

Tempering:

• 2 tsp oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds/kadugu
• 1 red chili/kancha milagai
• few curry leaves
• 1/2 tsp Urad Dal(optional)/Uluntham parrupu

Method:

• Dry roast wheat flour until you get the wheat smell .
• Add this flour to the mixing bowl .
• Add coconut to the wheat flour.

• Add 2 tsp oil to  kadai.
• Add mustard seeds,chili and curry leaves .
• When the mustard seeds splutter ,switch off the flame.

• Add this to the wheat flour .

• Add water and mix it together to form a soft dough.

• Separate it in to 10 -12 balls .Roll in to oval shape .
• Make your thump print and stream it for 10 min or until its done.

Note:

• Adjust the jaggery and salt according to your likings  ,i am giving the level considering this as prasadam .
• To see whether the kolukattai is done .Take one and split it in to two and see whether there is any raw flour inside.

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