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kambu(pearl millet)pidi kolukatai

Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • Pearl millet/bajra kurunai kambu - 1 cup
  • Little ghee for roasting kambu
  • Raw rice pacharisi - 1/2 cup
  • Water as required
  • cardamom powder - 3/4 tsp
  • Salt a pinch
  • Grated coconut -3-4 tbsp
  • Jaggery - 1/4 cup
  • make syrup of jaggery by boiling it with some water and straining it to remove all impurities

Instructions
 

  • Clean kambu-kurunai,wash it once and fry it with little ghee.
  • Fry raw rice separately without adding ghee.
  • Powder both separately.
  • Then add ground mixture(kambu and rice powder)in a bowl.
  • Add cardamom powder coconut scrapping,salt and jaggery syrup.
  • Now make the mixture to a loose consistency by adding required water.
  • Leave the mixture for 5 minutes.
  • Now shape the kolukatti with hands.
  • Then steam out the dumplings in a suitable steamer.(idli maker)
  • Steam it for 5-10 minutes.
  • Now your healthy snack is ready to be served.

Notes

When we mix all the ingredients the final consistency should be bit loose
because after some time it will be absorbing all the moisture and then we'll be able to shape it.
We can roast pearl millet without ghee also it is up to you.
Jaggery amount can be slightly increased according to the need.