Vegetable Cornmeal Kozhukattai
Vegetable Cornmeal Kozhukattai aka dumplings are made with mixed vegetables and coarse cornmeal, steamed and serve with chutney as a breakfast or dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp channa dal
- 2 green chillies finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp ginger finely chopped
- 1 sprig curry leaves finely chopped
- a pinch asafoetida
- 1/2 cup onion finely chopped
- 1/4 cup carrot finely chopped
- 1/4 cup beans finely chopped
- 2 tbsp green peas cooked / boiled
- 2 tbsp green capsicum finely chopped
- 1 cup corn meal fine coarse one
- 1.5 cup water
- 1/2 tsp salt adjust as needed
- 1/4 cup coconut grated
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
Instructions
- Heat Oil in a wide frying pan. Once it is hot, add mustard seeds, urad dal channa dal, finely chopped green chillies, finely chopped ginger, finely chopped curry leaves and a pinch of asafetida. Fry until all the ingredients turn into nice golden brown.
- Add finely chopped onion. Sauce it until soft & translucent.
- Add finely chopped carrot, finely chopped beans, boiled green peas and finely chopped green capsicum. Add salt as your taste and stir well.
- Cover the pan and cook for 5-7 or until the vegetables becomes soft but looks firm.
- Add water. Mix once and allow it to roll boil. Once the water is boiling well, reduce the flame to low, add the cornmeal.
- Act quickly and mix the corn meal without forming any lumps. Once the water is absorbed by the cornmeal, reduce the flame, cover the pan and cook for 5 minutes or until the raw smell of cornmeal goes off. At this stage, you can sprinkle some more water if needed to avoid burning.
- After 5 minutes, open the lid, add grated coconut, and coriander leaves. Mix well and allow it to cool.
- Once the mixture is cool enough to handle, pinch a small portion of the mixture, make dumplings as shown in the picture. Press gently and just enough to hold the shape. Too much pressing of the dumpling gives hard kozhukattais.
- Pour water to the steamer or idly pot. Once it starts boiling, keep the steamer inside the pot along with kozhukattais/ dumplings.
- Steam it for 5-7 minutes. Once it is steamed, open it , cool down a while and serve It with any of your favorite side dish.
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Notes
1. Always add cornmeal after the water boils and quickly mix it using a ladle to avoid any big lumps.
2. you can sprinkle water if needed while stirring the cornmeal. Based on the corn meal brand, the water needed will vary.
3. While making kozhukatti, press and shape kozhukatti just until it holds the shapes. Too much of gives hard kozhukattais.
4. Do not remove the kozhukattai from the steamer immediately after opening the pot. Leave it for a few minutes and then transfer to a plate. Otherwise, the kozhukatti sticks to the steamer/idl plate and doesn’t give a good shaped kozhukattai.