Sweet Kozhukattai-Coconut stuffing/Thengai pooranam

An interesting yet time consuming sweet dish especially prepared for Lord Ganesh. Also known as kadubu/mothagam.

Makes 20-25 medium sized kozhukattais

Ingredients:
Raw rice - 1/2 kg
Salt- a pinch
Coconut-1 fully grated
Jaggery-1/4 grams
Cardamom powder- 1 tsp
Oil- 2 tbsp


Procedure:
1. Soak rice in water for 2 hrs and drain all the water. Dry it and powder it. You can use readymade rice flour available in stores which may not be as good as homemade one.
2.Boil water and add jaggery.When the whole jaggery dissolves, sieve and take out all sediments. Boil again jaggery syrup until it reaches one-string consistency i.e. if u take a pinch of jaggery syrup with 2 fingers, it should form a thread or string between your 2 fingers.Now add the grated coconut,cardamom powder mix well.Allow it to cool down for 15 mins; start making small balls out of the mix. Dip your hand in a bowl of water after making every ball so that the next ball wont stick between fingers. Ensure that the water does not collapse the balls or make the jaggery mix watery.Keep it aside until the whole jaggery mix gets over.Now 'pooranam'(stuffing) is ready.
3.Sieve the flour and take out all the coarse particles.
3.Boil 1/2 litre of water in a pan, add a pinch of salt and start adding rice flour little by little in the boiling water . Do not allow any lumps.Mix well and make it into chpathi dough consistency. Add more water if required. The dough should be soft.
4. Pour a spoon of oil on your palms and rub both palms together. Take a small lemon size of rice flour dough and start pressing it in one palm with other hand's fingers.Make a small cup out of it.Insert the pooranam and close the rice flour cup. Make more kozhukattais and bake it in steam using idli plates.

*Rice flour dough should be soft and moulable without any lumps. If required add spoons of water and oil.