Vinayak Chathurthi Special. .This time its with SESAME. . Black Chickpeas Sundal,Sesame Modhak,Sesame Ladoo,Urid Dal Vadai

Black Chickpeas Sundal,Sesame Modhak,Sesame Ladoo,Urid Dal Vadai

Hand made Vinayak Ji

Ellu Kozhukattai (Sweet Dumplings with Sesame)

Ellu Kozhukattai has sweet stuffing prepared with sesame, peanut and jaggery. Sesame, peanuts are roasted, then powdered and mixed with jaggery to give a nice flavor and taste.

Sesame is known as Ellu in Tamil and as Til in Hindi. Peanuts (or groundnuts) are known as Nilakadalai or Verkadalai in Tamil and as Moongphali/Mungfali/Singdhana in Hindi.

 Ingredients

• Sesame white and black – 1 table spoon each
• Peanut – 1 table spoon
• Jaggery chopped – 2 table spoon
• Cardamom – 2 no

Method
Stuffing: In a dry pan roast sesame, peanut, cardamom; roast it till sesame splutters and nice aroma rises.
Cool it and powder it in a grinder coarsely.
Add jaggery and run the mixer once or twice for few seconds; now stuffing is ready.
Dough:The dough for kozhukattai is prepared in many ways; you may follow any one of these two methods:
Method 1: Boil two cups of water and add one cup of rice flour with pinch of salt; stir continuously to form a dough; cool and knead it to a soft, firm dough.
Method 2: Soak one cup of rice for 1 hour; grind it with pinch of salt, ½ cup milk and water to thin batter; pour in a hot pan, stir constantly to form dough; cool and knead it to a soft, firm dough.
for more details refer my Rice Idiyappam (String Hoppers) or Coconut and Masala Ammini Kozhakattai.
Kozhukattai: Now lightly apply oil in your hand and take lemon size dough; shape it like a mini cup; though nowadays moulds are available, making with hands gives a traditional touch; fill it with stuffing.
Seal it and steam cook for 5 to 6 minutes. Ellu kozhakkattai is ready.

Black Til Laddu

This is a simple, easy to make , healthy traditional snack made with black sesame seeds ( black til seeds) . In Tamil the dish is called Ellu urundai.

Ingredients:

• Black Til (black sesame seeds)
• Jaggery

Method

Step 1: Roast the til (sesame seeds) in low flame till they crackle. 
Step 2: Grind the roasted til in mixie grinder  to make a powder. Add shredded jaggery to it and grind again. You will get the final mix like how its shown in the picture below.
Step 3: Make balls  with the mixture. Your delicious black til laddu is ready to eat.
Black til laddu makes a healthy, nutritious and delicious  laddu for your kids.
Eat healthy, Stay healthy.