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kara pidi kozhukattai
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Kara Pidi Kozhukottai

Kara Pidi Kozhukottai is a healthy, and tasty recipe from Tamil cuisine. It is ideal to serve for breakfast.
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian, Tamilnadu

Ingredients
  

To grind:
  • 1 cup raw rice
  • 1/4 cup tur dal
  • 1 tablespoon chana dal
  • 2 dry chillies
  • 10 peppercorns
Other ingredients:
  • 2 tablespoon oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon bengal gram
  • 2 green chillies
  • few curry leaves
  • 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
  • 2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup fresh coconut
  • 1/4 cup grated carrot
  • 1/4 cup green peas
  • 1 bunch fenugreek
  • salt

Method
 

  1. Dry grind the ingredients under, “To Grind” to a coarse semolina like texture.
  2. Put the mixture in a pan and dry roast for two minutes. Keep it aside.
  3. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. As they splutter, put bengal, asafietida and curry leaves. Throw in the green chilly too. As they turn golden, put water and salt to it.
  4. As the water begins to boil, throw in coconut, vegetables and greens.
  5. Bring to a boil, now slowly add one cup of the ground mix to it. Keep stirring as no lumps should be formed.
  6. Cook until water is absorbed.
  7. Allow it to cool.
  8. Make elongated shaped dumplings with the mixture,
  9. Take a steamer or idli cooker. Put water in the beneth.
  10. Grease a bowl, put the dumplings into it.
  11. Put the perforated lid and keep the bowl with dumplings over it.
  12. Let cook for eight minutes, check with a tooth pick
  13. Once it is done, serve hot.