Pal Kozhukattai / Paal Kolukattai

Pal Kozhukattai (Rice dumpling in sugar syrup) is a sweet from the Chettinad recipe. It's typically prepared on  Ganesh chaturti day. We can also use jaggery instead of sugar. 

 Ingredients:

• 1 cup – Rice flour
• 1 cup – Coconut milk
• 1 cup – Sugar
• 5 Cups – Water
• 5 tsp – Grated coconut
• 4 Cardamom powder
• 1 tsp Ghee
• pinch of Salt
• saffron -A pinch
  

For Rice dumpling:

1. Boil 2 cups of water with salt & ghee.
2. Reduce the flame & add rice flour little by little to the boiling water.
3. Keep stirring without any lumps till it forms a dough .
4. Turn off the stove and allow it to cool.
5. Knead the dough gently .
6. Grease your palm with little oil & make small balls from the dough.
7. Steam the rice balls for  5 mins in idly plate .

For Milk:

1. Take 1/2 of the coconut with 1/2 cup water grind and take 1st extract.
2. Mix remaining 1/2 of the coconut with 1 1/2 cup of water and take  2nd extract.

Method

1. In a pan take 2nd extract coconut milk and rice balls together and boil for 10mins in medium flame.
2. When the balls float on top add 1st extract and sugar & stir it.
3. Add cardamom powder and switch off the stove.
4. Transfer this to a  serving bowl & garnish with grated coconut .
5. Serve Hot or Chill.