Ellu Puranam kozhukattai| Sesame kolukattai

Ellu puranam kozhukattai is a yummy, healthy and very traditional kozhukattai/ modak variety made using black til(sesame seeds) and jaggery as filling and processed rice flour for outer covering.
Check out how to make ellu puranam kozhukattai recipe below.

Ingredients

Homemade Processed Rice flour/ idiyappam flour/ kozhukattai flour-1 cup or 250gms

Ellu(sesame seeds)-100gms

Grated coconut-2 tbsps

Jaggery syrup-1/2 cup

Salt-a pinch

Gingelly oil-1 tsp

Method

For Dough-

👉Boil water in a vessel.

👉For home made rice flourClick here .

👉In a mixing bowl add rice flour, salt, gingelly oil and hot water little by little and make a soft dough.

👉Cover it with clean moist muslin clothuntil use.

👉Dissolve jaggery in water and allow it to boil for a minute then strain it and set aside.

For PURANAM-

👉Wash the Ellu and drain the water and spread it in clean cloth for few minutes.

👉Dry roast the Ellu in a pan once it starts to pop add Jaggery syrup ,cardamom powder and finally add grated coconut and allow the mixture to thicken a bit and immediately remove from fire otherwise it will harden.set aside.Now the puranam (filling) is ready.

For kozhukattai-

👉Take a small lemon sized balls of the dough and slightly spread it out in your palm,next take a gooseberry sized ball of the puranam and keep it in the centre of the dough and close it.