AVAL KOZHUKATTAI
The toughest job
for a mom is to feed her children. kids hesitate to eat. Mainly if it is rice
not even a spoon of food will go inside their stomach willingly. We have to
entertain them with stories or threaten them, only then it will go into their
stomach that too only half. So to balance their nutrients make them healthy
snack like aval kozhukattai.
Aval (also known as poha) is flattened rice. It is rich
in carbohydrates. Below is the recipe for aval kolukattai.
Ingredients:
- Aval / Poha - 1 cup
- Onions - 1 chopped finely
- Green Chilli - 2 chopped finely
- Carrot - 1 chopped finely
- Water - 1.5 cup
- Coconut - 3 tbsp grated (optional)
- Salt to taste
For Seasoning:
- Oil - 2 tsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Urad dal / Ulundu paruppu -1 tsp
- Dry Red Chilli -1 broken into small pieces
- Asafoetida / Kaya podi / Hing - 1/4 tsp
- Curry leaves a sprig
Method:
1.Heat a pan over medium heat. Add in poha and start roasting it for few minutes till it is toasted and nice aroma comes from it. Then powder it coarsely.
2. Now heat oil in the kadai. Add all the seasoning ingredients and let it sizzle for a min.
3. Add in onions, carrots, green chilli and saute for couple of minutes.
4. Add in water and salt and bring everything to a good boil.
5. Add in the powdered poha and mix well. keep stirring till it starts leaving the sides of pan and comes together as a mass. You can add some coconut at this stage.
6. Remove it to plate and allow it to a cool a bit.
7. Once it is cooled a bit, shape into balls or ovals.
8. Heat a steamer pot or idly cooker. Place the balls on greased idly plates and steam for 8 to 10 minutes.
9. Once it is done, remove it to a plate. let it cool for couple of minutes and serve.
serve it with chutney or sambar. kids returning from school will love to have this snack.
