Prep Time: 5 mins / Cooking Time: 20 mins

Serving: 20 nos

Recipe Category: Snacks

Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients:

Kuthiraivali Aval/ Barnyard millet Flakes – 2 cups

Water – ½ cup

Grated coconut – ½ cup

Salt – As per requirement

Urad dal – 1 tbsp

Chana dal – 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds – ¼ tbsp

Curry leaves – 1 spring

Green chilli – 1 finely chopped

Oil – For tempering

Preparation:

• Take 2 cups of kuthiraivali Aval / barnyard millet flakes, rinse in normal water and drain the water immediately.
• Heat a pan with oil and temper with Mustard, Urad dal, Chana dal, Green chilli and Curry Leaves. Add 1/2 cup water, salt and bring to boil.
• Add the aval /flakes and mix well. cook till all water gets absorbed and the mixture resembles upma. Will take 2 minutes approximately.
• Switch off the stove and add grated coconut and mix well and cool down.
• Grease an idli plate or a steamer of your choice and make kozhukattai out of the aval mixture and steam it for 5 minutes.

Note:

• Use coconut oil for tempering, it will give a good aroma and flavour.
• Grease hands with oil when shaping the Kozhukattai / Dumplings.