Easter Egg ( Kozhukatta)

Easter Egg ( Kozhukatta)

Kozhukatta is a popular Indian sweet made from rice flour, grated coconut. The dish is part of the traditional Nasrani cuisine of the Syrian Christians of the state of Kerala.

Ingredients:

Rice Flour - 1 cup

Salt - 1 tsp

Water - 2 cup

Ghee or Dalda - 1tsp

For the filling

Grated Coconut - 1 cup

Sugar or Molasses - 1/4 cup

Cardamom Powder - one pinch

Method

Boil water and add salt to it. Mix flour, salt and ghee well by adding water little by little. Continue until a smooth dough is formed. Make small flat rounds with the dough.

Filling :

(a) Mix grated coconut, cardamom, sugar by itself or heat the mixture together slightly before filling.

(b) Boil molasis or jaggery well with a little water. Strain. Keep on the fire again, mix coconut and saute for sometime. Add the cardamom powder before removing from fire.

Take the flat dough rounds and place a little of one of the above filling in the middle, close and cover with the dough to make balls. You can make several balls as required and steam in a cooker till done.