Kuzhukattai - Udad filling

Ingredients:

• For the urad dal filling
• Urad dal - 1/2 cup
• green chilly - 2
• Red chilly- 2
• curry leaves - 1 twig(finely chopped)
• Oil - 1 table spoon
• Asafetida - 1/4 teaspoon
• salt to taste
• mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon

Method:

• Wash and soak urad dal for 1/2 hour.
• Drain well and grind coarsely adding salt, green chilies and red chilly and asafetida.
• Add less water for grinding.
• Now steam the ground mixer like idly.
• Remove from the idly cooker and bring it to room temp.
• Now again put it in a mixture grinder and just run for a min.
• Or you can do this by hand.
• Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds.
• When it crackles add the curry leaves and the urad dal pooranam.
• Cook on a low flame stirring well for just 2 minutes.
• Remove it from the fire and bring it to room temp.
• Now make small balls out of it.
• Make ‘kozhakattai choppu ‘ and keep this as filling and close it.
• Steam it and your ‘ udad kozhakattai ‘ is ready.