Rice flour 1 cup Toor dal 1/2 cup Red chilli 2 Asafoetida a generous pinch Oil 1 tblsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Salt as needed Coconut oil few drops (optional) Method:
Soak the toor dal in water for an hour along with red chilli, Drain the water completely and grind this into a slightly coarse paste. do not add water while grinding.
Keep it aside. Bring 1 and 1/2 cups of water to boil . In a wide vessel keep the flour. I used the idiyappam flour and so i didn’t add salt. If using rice flour add salt. Water proportion varies according to the texture of the flour. Add the water to the flour and slowly mix this with a spoon. When it is warm to handle grease you hands with sesame oil and mix the dough well to make it soft and a bring it to a whole mass.
Keep this covered with a clean wet cloth. Make the dough into small balls like we make for ammini kozhukattai. Steam this for 10 minutes .
In a pan add 1 tblsp of oil and add the mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add the ground toor dal mixture. Keep the flame low and cook the toor dal mixture till it becomes separate. This will take 10 minutes. Alternatively,you can steam the mixture and pulse this in a mixie as we do for paruppu usili.
Add the steamed rice flour balls to this and carefully mix well. Let this be in small flame for 2 minutes. If adding coconut oil and drizzle it and mix well. It will enhance the flavour of the Ammini kozhukattais.
Ammini kozhukattais are ready for neivedhyam.
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