Ingredients
1 and 1/4 Cup of Red Poha/ Sivappu Aval/ Flattened Rice
Salt to Taste
To Tempering
2 Tsp of Vegetable/ Canola Oil
1 Tsp of Mustard Seeds
1 Tsp of Urad Dal
2 Red Chillies
Pinch of Hing/Asafoetida
5-7 Curry Leaves
2Tbsp of Dried Coconut Flakes
Method
- Wash the poha/aval and soak it in water for 30 mins. After that, drain the water. To the soaked poha/aval, add salt and knead well with hand or mash it with a masher.
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard, urad dal, red chillies(break it), curry leaves and hing. After mustard seeds crackles and dal changes color. Add this tempering to the mashed poha/aval.
- Add coconut flakes to the mashed poha and mix well with a spoon or by hand.
- Take a small portion of dough and make an oval shaped kozhukattai / dumplings.
- Arrange it in a greased idly plate and steam cook it for 5-10 mins.
- Serve with any chutney of your choice. I had with podukadalai chutney.
- You can use green chillies instead of red chillies.
- You can also add bengal gram in tempering.
- You can make kozhukattai in any shape of your choice.
- For extra health benefits, add grated carrot or beetroot.
- Red rice flakes are very good for the people with heart disease, diabetes and weight loss.
- Low in cholesterol, high in fiber, vitamins and minerals.