Thinai Kozhukattai | Foxtail Millet Kozhukattai | Pidi Kozhukattai | Kara Kozhukattai

இந்த ரெசிபியை தமிழில் படிப்பதற்கு கிளிக் செய்யவும்

Thinai is a type of millet that is grown in southern India. It’s a traditional crop known as foxtail millet. It is healthy and nutritious, and we can make a variety of south Indian breakfast, lunch, and dinner dishes. However, thinai kozhukattai is a healthy and tasty savoury item; typically, a variety of kozhukattai is prepared on Ganesha Chaturthi. Millet kozhukattai is a traditional dish made with millet, a small grain that is healthier than rice flour. A tasty kozhukattai that takes only 10 to 15 minutes to prepare.


 Some tips to make delicious millet kozhukattai

  • Keep the millet on low flame while roasting and roast until fragrant.
  • While grinding it, grind it moderately, not coarsely like rava and not very fine like rice flour.
  • Add the millets to the boiling water and stir on low flame.
  • Turn off the stove when it gets a little lumpy or it might get solidified.

Other Varieties

Ulundu Poornam Kozhukattai

Poornam Kozhukattai

Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai

Paal Kozhukattai Recipe

Modagam 

Pasiparupu Javvarisi Payasam

 

Thinai Kozhukattai
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 

Thinai is a type of millet that is grown in southern India. It's a traditional crop known as foxtail millet. It is healthy and nutritious, and we can make a variety of south Indian breakfast, lunch, and dinner dishes. However, thinai kozhukattai is a healthy and tasty savoury item; typically, a variety of kozhukattai is prepared on Ganesha Chaturthi.

Course: dinner, Snack
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: kara kozhukattai, kozhukattai, pidi kozhukattai
Author: Sivagami Meganathan
Ingredients
  • Millet - ½ cup 
  • Cooking oil - 1 tsp
  • Mustard - ½ tsp
  • Urad dal - ½ tsp
  • Curry leaves - few
  • Dry chilli - 1
  • Asafoetida powder - 1 pinch
  • Salt - As required 
Instructions
  1. Add ½  cup of millet to a pan.

  2. Keep it on low flame and fry until fragrant.

  3. Then let it cool and add it to the mixer and grind it.

  4. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan and add ½ tsp of mustard, ½ tsp of urad dal, a dry chilli, a pinch of cardamom and a pinch of asafoetida powder.

  5. Add a cup of water to it and boil it.

  6. Add the required amount of salt to it.

  7. When the water boils, add the ground millet.

  8. Keep on low flame and stir till it thickens a bit.

  9. Then turn off the stove, cover it and let it cool.

  10. After it cools down a bit, pour it into a bowl and knead it once.

  11. Roll it into small balls and press it with four fingers.

  12. Place the prepared kozhukattai on an idli plate or steamer plate greased with oil.

  13. Pour water into the idli pan and heat it, place the idli plate and cook for 10 – 15  minutes. 

  14. Delicious millet kozhukattai is ready.

Method

Step by Step Pictures

  1. Add ½  cup of millet to a pan.

  2. Keep it on low flame and fry until fragrant.

     

  3. Then let it cool and add it to the mixer and grind it.

  4. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan and add ½ tsp of mustard, ½ tsp of urad dal, a dry chilli, a pinch of cardamom and a pinch of asafoetida powder.

  5. Add a cup of water to it and boil it.

  6. Add the required amount of salt to it.

  7. When the water boils, add the ground millet.

  8. Keep on low flame and stir till it thickens a bit.

  9. Then turn off the stove, cover it and let it cool.

  10. After it cools down a bit, pour it into a bowl and knead it once.

  11. Roll it into small balls and press it with four fingers.

  12. Place the prepared kozhukattai on an idli plate or steamer plate greased with oil.

  13. Pour water into the idli pan and heat it, place the idli plate and cook for 10 – 15  minutes.

  14. Delicious millet kozhukattai is ready.

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