Mothagam – Sweet Coconut Kozhukattai for Vinayagar Chathurthi

Recipe for Mothagam – Sweet Coconut Kozhukattai with home made ground rice. Vinayagar Chathurthi festival prasadam. Easy to do recipe with thengai pooranam.

Vinayagar Chathurthi means Kozhukattai. Kozhukattai is the main prasadam for the day. This is a very easy recipe for Sweet Kozhukattai that is made using soaked rice. Here is how to do Sweet Coconut Kozhukattai for Vinayagar Chathurthi.

Wash 1/2 cup of raw rice in water for 2-3 times. Soak the washed rice in 1/2 cup of water. Let it soak for a minimum of one hour. Grind the rice in the mixie along with the water used for soaking rice. Do not use extra water. You should grind it to a very smooth paste. Set aside.

Heat the remaining half a cup of water in a pan until boiling. Add in the oil and the salt. Add in the rice paste and mix well continously until it forms a very thick paste. Remove off heat. cover with a pan and set aside.

Now lets make the stuffing AKA pooranam.

Heat ghee in a pan and add in the broken cashew-nuts. Fry until golden. Add in the freshly shredded coconut, powdered jaggery and cardamom. Fry till all the jaggery is melted.

Grind two teaspoon of fried gram dal (pottu kadalai) to a smooth powder. Add in the fried gram powder to the pan and mix well. Switch off the flame. Allow it to cool. The stuffing will thicken up as it cools. Note: Do not add more than two teaspoon. The stuffing wont taste good.

Now lets make the dumpling. One can make the dumpling by hand or with the help of the mold. I will show both methods.  Apply little oil in your hands and spread a small dough on the palm. Add in a little stuffing and make a dumpling like below by folding the dough on itself. Set aside.

The dumpling made with mold looks beautiful. Here is where you can buy them.

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Apply oil in your hands and take a small piece of the dough and fill only the sides of the cavity. If the dough is extremely sticky, dip your hands in water and then fill.

After filling the dough, place a little stuffing inside till the top. Cover the mold with some more dough and carefully remove the dumpling from the cavity. Set aside. Repeat until the all the dough is finished.

Heat an idli vessel with water and steam the dumplings for 7-8 minutes. Remove off heat and serve sweet kozhukattai warm or at room temperature.

Mothagam – Sweet Coconut Kozhukattai for Vinayagar Chathurthi

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Recipe for Mothagam – Sweet Coconut Kozhukattai with home made ground rice. Vinayagar Chathurthi festival prasadam. Easy to do recipe with coconut pooranam.

• Total Time: 1 hour
• Yield: 15 1x

Ingredients

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For the Dumpling

• 1/2 cup Raw Rice
• 1 cup Water (1/2 cup + 1/2 cup)
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1/4 teaspoon Oil

For the Stuffing (pooranam)

• 1/2 cup fresh shredded Coconut
• 1/2 cup powdered Jaggery
• 1/2 teaspoon Cardamom powder
• a pinch of salt
• 2 teaspoon ghee
• 5 cashewnuts, broken into small pieces
• 2 teaspoon fried gram dal (pottu kadalai in tamil)

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Instructions

For the Dumpling

1. Wash 1/2 cup of raw rice in water for 2-3 times. Soak the washed rice in 1/2 cup of water. Let it soak for a minimum of one hour. Grind the rice in the mixie along with the water used for soaking rice. Do not use extra water. You should grind it to a very smooth paste. Set aside.
2. Heat the remaining half a cup of water in a pan until boiling. Add in the oil and the salt. Add in the rice paste and mix well continously until it forms a very thick paste. Remove off heat. cover with a pan and set aside.

Now lets make the stuffing AKA pooranam.

1. Heat ghee in a pan and add in the broken cashew-nuts. Fry until golden. Add in the freshly shredded coconut, powdered jaggery and cardamom. Fry till all the jaggery is melted.
2. Grind two teaspoon of fried gram dal (pottu kadalai) to a smooth powder. Add in the fried gram powder to the pan and mix well. Switch off the flame. Allow it to cool. The stuffing will thicken up as it cools.
3. Now lets make the dumpling. One can make the dumpling by hand or with the help of the mold.
4. * Look at visual instructions above.
5. Heat an idli vessel with water and steam the dumplings for 7-8 minutes. Remove off heat and serve warm or at room temperature.

• Author: Kannamma - Suguna Vinodh
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins
• Category: Prasadam, Sweet, Dessert
• Cuisine: Tamilnadu, South Indian