Paal Kozhukattai Recipe With Bananas - With Vegan Option
Paal Kozhukattai is authentic delicacy from the regions of Chettinad known for their plethora of deceptively luscious dishes. In a nutshell, Paal Kozhukattai is sweetened rice dumplings cooked in thick coconut milk and milk. The dish is rich in taste and creamy in texture, with added bananas to serve. Finely grounded rice flour is rolled into tiny dumplings and later cooked with coconut milk. You can use only coconut milk instead of milk for vegan Paal Kozhukattai.
Ingredients
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For Rice Dumplings
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1 cup Rice flour
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1-1 1/2 cups Water
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1 teaspoon Sesame (Gingelly) Oil
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1/4 teaspoon Salt
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For Pudding
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3 cups Milk
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full fat milk or coconut milk for vegans
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1 cup Coconut milk
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thin
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1/2 cup Coconut milk
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thick
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1 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
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3/4 cup Sugar
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or Jaggery
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1 cup Ripe Bananas
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sliced for garnish
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Paal Kozhukattai Recipe With Bananas, let us start with preparing the rice dumplings
Step 2
In a small pot, bring 2 1/2 cups of water to boil
Step 3
Once the water starts boiling, add sesame oil and turn off the heat
Step 4
In a bowl, add rice flour and salt
Step 5
Combine them together
Step 6
Add water slowly little by little and mix continuously to prepare the dough
Step 7
Knead the dough together to prepare a soft dough
Step 8
Once the dough comes together, grease your palm with oil and roll small balls of dough
Step 9
I rolled the dough into small coin shaped ones as I preferred a different shape than the usual round ones
Step 10
Ensure the dough is covered with damp cloth all the time to prevent it from losing its moisture
Step 11
This also prevents the dough from cracking while cooking
Step 12
Repeat the same with the entire dough and prepare small coins out of the dough
Step 13
Keep the rolled balls covered with damp cloth at all times
Step 14
In a nonstick pan, add milk and bring it to boil
Step 15
Once the milk starts boiling, reduce the heat and add shaped rice balls into the milk
Step 16
Cook the rice balls for about 5 minutes without stirring
Step 17
Ensure that you don’t stir the rice balls until they are cooked to avoid breaking the rice balls
Step 18
The balls will float on the top once it has been cooked
Step 19
Now, add thin coconut milk and cardamom powder to the pot and bring it to boil
Step 20
Add sugar and give a stir
Step 21
Cook for few minutes until the sugar dissolves completely in the milk
Step 22
Now, add thick coconut milk and turn off the heat
Step 23
Remove the Paal Kozhukattai from the heat
Step 24
Ensure you don’t cook the Paal Kozhukattai after the addition of thick coconut milk
Step 25
Serve warm or refrigerate for an hour before serving
Step 26
Paal Kozhukattai tastes delicious either warm or cold
Step 27
Serve Paal Kozhukattai Recipe With Bananas as a dessert after a festive meal of Steamed Rice, Mixed Vegetable Sambar, Carrot Beans Thoran and Elai Vadam