Kozhukattai or Kolukattai is a popular south Indian sweet dumpling made with rice flour and stuffed with grated coconut and jaggery or boiled dals and jaggery or boiled dals, jaggery and grated coconut and it is also known as Modak in North India. Also kozhukattai’s are made not only with rice flour but also with millet and wheat flour. It is eaten as a form of breakfast or as a teas time snack. In Tamilnadu, this it traditionally prepared on vinayagar Chaturthi or Ganesha Chaturthi rand offered to Lord Vinayaga. Also these are made on Puratasi Sani and offered for Lord Vishnu.

Do check out my Kozhukattai / Sweet dumplings recipes:

• Vellai Kozhukattai / Modak
• Modagam
• Modagam – 2
• Nei Appam
• Sweet Kozhukattai
• Spicy Kozhukattai / Ammini spicy kozhukattai
• Ragi Kozhukattai / Finger Millet Dumplings
• Adi kozhukattai
• Paal Kozhukattai / Milk Dumplings
• Nutty Modak / Nutty Modagam
• Edible Lamp Millets Kozhukattai

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