Ragi Kara Ammini Kozhukottai || Tamil Nadu- Spicy Ragi Ammini Kozhukottai || Ganesh Chaturthi recipe

Ragi kara ammini kozhukkotai is Tamil Nadu famous recipe prepared during Vinakaya Chavithi festival. Ammini kozhukottai is tiny flour dumplings that are prepared using rice flour or with other millet flours. It is healthy and easily prepared snack that can be served as prasadam or as snack . Today i am using finger millet/ ragi flour to prepare dumplings. We can prepare it in many variation & in many flavors like plain, kara, lemon,curry leaves podi, sweet ammini kozhukkotai. If flour dumplings are ready, we can prepare many varieties of ammini kozhukottai. To prepare basic ammini kozhukottai only 3 important steps we need to follow

1) prepare dough 

2) mold small dumplings

3) steam these dumplings

that's it ammini kozhukottai is ready. Prepare different varieties using these dumplings. Today i am sharing kara ammini kozhukottai.

Taking this festive, healthy and aromatic Ragi ammini kozhukottai to Shhhhh Secretly Cooking Challenge fb group started by Priya of Priyas Versatile Recipes and taken further till date by Mayuri di who blogs at Mayuris jikoni. We completed recipes from all states from A to Z, so now admin team and members decided a new interesting way for monthly theme that is - one group member in alphabetical order will suggest theme. Later admin team will pair interested members, then we share 2 secret ingredients among us and prepare recipe using it and all other members will guess it. This month was suggested by Anu Kollan, i like Anu's traditional recipes from different regions. Check out her latest vattayappam - Kerala style steamed rice, i bookmarked her Kerala style cucumber salad to try soon.

   This month i am paired with Priya Satheesh, she is very talented chef. Check out her space for wonderful traditional & authentic recipes from different regions. Also check out her Chutney for Foodies ebook in Amazon. I bookmarked Priya's #100chutneys collection,  it is not easy to prepare 100 varieties of unique taste chutney's. I just loved each and every chutney in that collection. Also i bookmarked 100dietrecipes, wish to try many recipes from spaces soon. Coming to theme Priya gave coconut and red chilli as two secret ingredients, using that i prepared this ragi ammini kozhukottai. In turn i shared green chilli and ginger, she prepared Rava idli.

Let's start our recipe

  

                                     Ragi Ammini Kozhukottai

Preparation time : 20 min
Cook Time : 20 minutes
Serves : 1 bowl
Category : Regional / Prasadam / Snacks
Recipe Cuisine: Tamil Nadu
Main ingredient: Ragi / Finger Millet
Author : Aruna SarasChandra


   


Ingredients

Ragi flour/ Finger millet flour - 1 & 1/2 cups

water - 1 cup

salt - a pinch 

sesame oil - 1 tsp

For kara podi

urad dal - 1 tsp

chana dal - 1 tsp

red chilli - 2

fresh coconut - 2 tsp

For tempering

sesame oil - 1 tsp

mustard seeds - 1/2 tps

urad dal -1 tsp

curry leaves - 1 sprig

hing - 1 pinch

Instructions (Will share step by step pics soon)

1) Boil 2 glasses of water by adding pinch of salt and 1 tsp of oil. 

2) Here we can prepare dough 2 ways.

a) Keep flames low, add ragi flour in water and mix well. Mix flour quickly, you will lumps while mixing. Break the lumps and mix till you get dough. Then switch off the flames & let it stay for 2 minutes.

b) Take 1 cup of ragi flour in a wide bowl add boiled water little by little, mix it well and prepare dough. Close the lid and keep it aside for 2 minutes.

--> I presonally feel b) way as easy & today i prepared dough by second way, follow the way u like.

3) Now grease hands with sesame oil and prepare small marble balls. (** check tips)

4) If you feel your palm sticky, wash your hands again apply oil and prepare balls and keep aside. 

5) Now add some water and heat it, place prepared ragi balls on idli stand and cook it for 10 minutes.

6) After 10 minutes switch off the flames and let it for 5 minutes.

7) Heat a pan 1 tsp of sesame oil fry urad dal, chana dal and red chillies. Fry till they changes color and take it into plate.

8) Let the above cool for sometime and take it into mixer jar add fresh coconut.

9) Grind it coarsely and take it into plate.

10) Add 1 tsp of sesame oil in pan, add mustard seeds, urad dal fry well. Then add curry leaves & hings mix it well.

11) Now add prepared ragi ammini kozhukottai and fry till they become crisp and then add prepare kara powder. Mix well and fry for a minute.

 That's it our Ragi kara ammini kozhukottai is ready to serve :) 

Tips

** If you feel dough very sticky add mix more flour and mix well.

** If you feel dough very hard and have many lumps then some hot water and mix well.

** Prepare small size balls.

** Apply sesame oil to your hands while molding balls.

** After preparing dumplings let it set for sometime, it will give good glassy texture to it.

** Use sesame oil to make it more tasty, if it is not available use normal oil.

Hope you liked this traditional and healthy recipe. Also check other Tamil Nadu and related recipes by just clicking the link below pic..

                          

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