YELLOW KOLUKATTAI

Ingredients

Rice 3 cups

Urad dal 1 cup

Small onion 1 cup

Grated coconut 1/4 cup

Turmeric powder 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Preparation

1. Grind small onion and keep aside.

2. Soak urad dal and rice for about 5 hours.

3. Grind urad dal and rice coarsely into a thick batter.

4. To the batter, add grinded onion, coconut and salt and make it into a thick batter.

5. Heat a pan, add water and turmeric powder and allow it to boil.

6. Make small ball of the batter and put in hot water.

7. Take out when it is cooked well.

8. The water is also a healthy drink.

9. Serve it with channa masala and chicken kulambu.

COCONUT KOLUKKATAI

Ingredients

Urad dal 2 cups

Sooji 1/2 cup

Grated coconut 1 cup

Fenugreek seeds 1 tsp

Sugar 5 tbsp

Salt to taste

Preparation

1. Soak urad dal for about 3 hours.

2. Grind it into a thick paste by adding little amount of water.

3. To this add sooji and salt and mix well.

4. To a plate, add coconut and sugar. Mix well.

5. Heat idli pan, take small portion of the batter and coat the batter in coconut-sugar mixture and place it in a idli pan.

6. Repeat the same for the remaining batter.

7. Steam cook it and serve it with idli podi.

PAAL KOLUKKATAI

Ingredients

Rice flour 2 cups

Grated coconut 1/2cup

Cashew nut or almond powder (optional) 5 tsp

Sugar 1 cup

Milk

Preparation

1. To a bowl add rice flour, freshly grated coconut, 1/2 cup of sugar, powdered nuts and mix well by adding required amount of water.

2. Make it into a thick dough and make small balls.

3. Boil milk, add powdered nuts and remaining sugar, stir well.

4. Now add balls one by one without breaking.

5. Keep it in a low flame till all the balls get cooked.

6. Turn off the heat and serve.