Foxtail Millet Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai Recipe

Foxtail Millet Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai Recipe : I have been making Millet based kozhukattai recipes for a couple of years on festive occasions. And this Foxtail Millet Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai is one among them. I am posting a recipe in blog after few months of break. So I was pulling myself to post this recipe before this year Vinayagar Chaturthi. Also wishing you all a very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi.

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Millet Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai Ingredients

Homemade/ Store Bought Foxtail Millet Flour – 1 Cup ( 1/2 Cup whole millet yields 1 Cup flour)
Chopped Cashew Nuts – 2 Tbsp
*Palm Jaggery Syrup -1 Cup
Shredded Coconut – 2-3 Tbsp
Ghee – 1 Tbsp
Cardamom Powder – 1tsp
Salt – A Pinch

*Dissolve 1/2 Cup + 2 Tbsp Palm Jaggery in 1/2 Cup + 2 Tbsp of Water & filter
For Reduced sugar version use 1/2 Cup Jaggery and 3/4 Cup water

Will be adding step by step pictures soon

How to make Millet Flour

• Do soak whole grain foxtail millet in water for 2 hours minimum and 6 hours maximum(Pic 1).
• Drain the excess water and pat dry over cloth for 20 minutes to absorb the excess water(Pic 2).
• Change the paper towel and let it dry under shade (Pic 3).

• Later powder millet to fine texture (Pic 4).
• Sieve the ground millet flour (Pic 5).
• Take the fine millet flour for this recipe (Pic 6), coarse unfiltered millet rava can be used in other recipes.
• For the shelf life dry roast millet in low flame and store in an air tight container

Millet Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai Preparation

• In a heavy bottom pan dry roast millet flour in low flame for few mins.
• Keep the flour aside.
• Break the jaggery (Pic 1 & 2) using any heavy object.
• In the same pan dissolve palm jaggery or jaggery powder in 1/2 Cup + 2 Tbsp of Water (Pic 3).
• Filter impurities and keep the syrup aside (Pic 4).
• You no need to check syrup string consistency here.
• Clean and reheat the same pan.

• When the pan is hot add ghee and chopped cahew nuts (Pic 1).
• Fry till golden brown and later add prepared jaggery syrup (Pic 2).
• When the mixture comes to rolling boil add millet flour in batches (Pic 3).

• Add pinch of salt and also add cardamom powder (PIc 4).
• Let the moisture evaporates and the kozhukattai mixture seperates from the pan (Pic 5).
• Let it cool before you shape, meanwhile grease the steamer plates with oil/ghee (Pic 6).

How to make Fist Shape (Pidi Kozhukattai)

• Grease palm with ghee/oil.
• Take a lemon size ball of prepared kozhukattai dough in your hand (Pic 1).
• Smooth the dough and roll to slight oval shape.
• Keep the dough in between fingers and palm (refer video tutorial)
• Now squeeze the dough by making a fist shape ie Press the fingers tight towards palm (Pic 2).
• Repeat pressing until you get desired impression on dough (Pic 3).

• Repeat the above steps for the rest of the dough (Pic 3).
• Arrange the shaped kozhukattai on a greased steamer plates.
• Steam in idli pan for 5 minutes over the stove (Pic 4) or do check the Instant Pot method below.

How to Steam Pidi Kozhukattai In Instant Pot

• Add water to Instant pot inner pot and set sauté mode high by closing the IP with glass lid .
• Let the water comes to boil, once its boiling do cancel the sauté option .
• Place the steamer stand gently in to the boiling water (Pic 5).
• Cover it with lid by pressing the steam release button down ie steam mode or check the video tutorial.
• Pressure cook high for 5 minutes in steam mode using manual timer (use manual timer for steam mode, refer video).
• Once done, remove the lid, kozhukattai looks shiny as shown above & step by step Picture 6.
• Serve piping hot tasty millet kozhukattai immediately.

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