Sweet Kozhukkatta – Kids friendly recipe | Spicy Kitchen

Delicious rice dumplings

Sweet kozhukkatta is an easy to make healthy breakfast or snack item perfect for kids. Yummy Sweety rice dumplings with grated coconut and dry fruits. Kozhukkatta is a traditional recipe of South India which is famous in different names such as modak, kozhukkattai etc.

Normal kozhukkatta is made by stuffing the sugar-coconut mix in the rice dough. Here I made some changes in the preparation to make it little more attractive and cute for the kids. I made small cherry shaped balls using the rice dough and steamed it. Later mixed with the coconut and sugar. I have also added nuts and dates syrup but it is optional. This is a perfect break fast for your kids. Hope you all will like this sweet kozhukkatta, please try it out and let me know how it turned out for you.

Ingredients

1 cup of roasted Rice flour
1 tbsp. of sugar
1/2 cup of grated coconut
2 tbsp. of raisins
10 no of nuts
1 no of sliced banana
1 spn. of dates syrup(optional)
1 pinch of Salt

Method

Step 01

Take a heavy bottom vessel.Add water and little salt.Bring to boil(for 1 cup of of rice flour I took 1 1/2 cup of water.Consistency should be correct.otherwise you can’t make a smooth dough).

Step 02

When the water starts boiling add the rice flour(you can use puttu podi or pathiri podi also) to this, stirring continuously without allowing any lumps to form.

Step 03

When the mixture has formed into smooth thick dough, remove from fire. The dough must be thick enough like chappathi dough.

Step 04

Smoothen the prepared rice flour batter with your hands.

Step 05

Make small balls (like size of a gooseberry).

Step 06

Steam cook this rice dumplings(put this dumplings in a rice drainer and steam cook.5-7 min in medium flame)

Step 07

Mix grated coconut,dry fruits and sugar in a bowl.

Step 08

Add this rice dumplings and again mix well.

Step 09

Garnish with dates syrup and sliced banana.

Step 10

Of course you kids will enjoy this