Kelvaragu (Ragi) Kara Kozhukkattai
This dish apart from being very tasty, is also very healthy due to the abundance of fiber and complex carbohydrate in the ragi grains. Ragi is an ancient grain with a unique taste and mild sweetness and low glycemic index.
There are so many other yummy dishes that I make using ragi – more to come soon!
Kelvaragu (Ragi) Kara Kozhukattai
Spicy dumpling made using ragi flour, tadka, onion, green chilies and grated coconut!
Ingredients
- 2 cups Kelvaragu (Ragi) flour
Seasoning ingredients
- 1 tbsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tbsp Urad dal
- 1/2 tbsp Jeera seeds
- 3 Red chilies broken
- 1 sprig Curry leaves chopped
- 1 tsp Hing powder
- 1 Onion chopped
- 1/2 cup Coconut grated
- 2 tbsp Oil
- Salt to taste
Instructions
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We need lots of tadka (seasoning) for this dish as the tadka infuses life and gives unique taste and crispy crunch when munching on the kozhukattais.
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Take a pan and add oil, when it is hot, add mustard seeds, urad dal, jeera seeds, broken red chilies (wait for few seconds until the urad dal & jeera seeds get slightly browned, but do not let the mustard seeds splutter as we want the crunchiness from the un-spluttered mustard seeds when enjoying the dish), then add chopped curry leaves and dose of hing.
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Add chopped onion/ green chilies, fry for few minutes until it sweats a bit and half cooked (no need to brown the onions), then add half cup grated coconut, salt to taste, mix the tadka well, switch off the stove and let the contents cool for few mins.
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Now add the ragi flour to the sautéed mix with enough water and knead to the consistency of chapathi dough.
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Shape the kozhukkattais using your hand and cook in an idli steamer for 15 mins.
Recipe Notes
- Enjoy this kozhukkattai when hot and you will appreciate the crunchiness of the tadka. Still tastes great when the leftovers are reheated!
- Onion chutney is the best accompaniment, but you can enjoy them as such without any side dish as well.
- Best accompanied by hot coffee or tea. Take a bite of the kozhukattai along with broken red chili pieces and then take a sip of the hot coffee or tea, what a heavenly feeling !
- You can follow the same recipe to make kozhukkattais using other flours – ragi flour, rice batter, dal batter etc.
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