Garlic Kozhikkottai

INGREDIENTS

• Rice Flour – 1 cup
• Oil – 1 tsp
• Water – 1 1/2 cups
• Salt – As needed
• Oil – 2 to 3 tbsp
• Chilli Powder – 1/2 to 1 tbsp
• Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tbsp
• Mustard Seeds – 1/4 tbsp
• Urud Dal – 1 tbsp
• Chana Dal – 1 tbsp
• Coconut (Fresh) – 4 tbsp (Grated)
• Garlic – as much as you need( Chopped)
• Onion – 3 tbsp (Finely Chopped)
• Asafoetida – 1/4 tbsp
• Salt – As needed
• Curry leaves – Handful
• Dried red chilli – 4 nos

METHOD 

• Boil water in a vessel by adding 1 tsp of oil and salt.
• Add the rice flour into the boiling water, stir continuously and vigorously.
• Over low flame, cook till it turns to a soft dough.
• When the temperature cools down to what you can handle, prepare small rice balls.
• Steam the rice balls in a steamer/idli steamer for 10 minutes or till they are cooked well.
  In a heated pan, add the oil. Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds.
• When the mustard seeds start to pop, add dried red chilli, urud dal, chana dal and fry till they turn light brown.
• Now add finely chopped onions, curry leaves and salt as needed.
• Then add chopped garlic in it and mix well, Saute till onion turns translucent.
• Then add chilli powder, turmeric powder, asafoetida and saute for 15 seconds or till fragrant.
• Take 1 to 2 teaspoons of this fried masala, let it cool down and then grind it.
• And add water in it Now add the prepared rice dumplings (step 1), grated coconut to the rest of the masala in the pan and mix well.
• Add the ground mix into it, mix well and cook for a minute so that everything is combined well.
• Now garlic Kozhukatta is ready to serve.