Pidi Kozhakattai for Diabetics

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Ingredients

1. Whole wheat Rava - 2 cups
2. Coconut scrapings - 1 cup
3. salt - to taste
4. Oil - 2 teaspoon
5. Red chilli - 4 to 5 nos (broken to small pieces)
6. Channa dhal - 2 tablespoons
7. Muustard - 1 teaspoon
8. Asaefoetida - 3/4 teaspoon
9. Curry leaves - 10 nos

Procedure

• Roast rava for 5 minutes in a dry pan and keep aside
• Heat oil in a pan and season with mustard, chilli, channa dhal and asafoetida
• Add curry leaves and add 2 cups of water and allow it to boil
• Now add rava, salt and stir well to avoid lumps
• After10 minutes when rave is cooked about 3/4th, add coconut scrapings and mix well
• Remove from stove
• Take one lime sized ball of dough and hold it in your hand
• Press with your fingers to give the impression on the dough (like a pidi)
• Make as many balls as possible and steam it in an idli cooker for 10 to 15 minutes
• Remove and serve with tomato or onion chutney

Pidi Kozhakattai

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Ingredients

1. Parboiled Rice - 2 cups
2. Coconut scrapings - 3 cups
3. Channa Dhal - 2 tablespoon
4. Mustard - 1 teaspoon
5. Asafoetida - 1 teaspoon
6. Red chilli - 4 to 5 nos (broken to small pieces)
7. Curry leaf - 10 leaves
8. Salt to taste
9. Oil - 1 tablespoon

Procedure

• Soak the rice for 3 hours. 
• Wash well and wet grind it to rava consistency with salt
• Heat oil and season with mustard, asafoetida, channa dhal, red chili and curry leaves
• Add the ground rava and stir well to avoid lumps
• Keep storring for 10 minutes till it becomes thick and non-sticky
• Now remove from fire and add coconut scrapings
• Mix well. Take one lime sized ball of the dough and hold it in your hand
• Press with your fingers to give impression on the dough like a pidi.
• Make as many balls as possible and steam it in an idli cooker for 10 to 15 minutes
• Remove and serve with tomato or onion chutney