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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Rice Dumplings In Coconut Milk "Paal Kozhukattai"

No I didn't drop off from the face of the earth! I was busy being a dutiful daughter-in-law to my MIL who is visiting for a few months. In the process, I have been learning to make some traditional dishes as well.I will be posting them soon.
This dessert is truly special and instantly transported me to childhood days when grandma used to make this for me and my sister. The dumplings were all made from scratch by yours truly. It started off as an oblong but midway I lost patience and made them as dots.
Ingredients:
  • 1 cup Thick coconut milk
  • 1 cup Skimmed milk
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1/2 cup Jaggery shavings(Unrefined non-centrifugal Sugar, available in Indian stores as blocks)
  • 1/2 cup Cashews
  • 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
  • 1 tbsp Ghee(Clarified Butter) or Butter
  • 8 cups Water, for cooking the dumplings
For the Dumplings:
  • 1 cup rice flour
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • A pinch of Salt
 Procedure:
  • Bring a cup of water to a rolling boil along with a tsp of sugar and a pinch of salt. 
  • Make a dough out of the rice flour by adding the hot water, little by little. Use hands to make a smooth dough once the dough is ready to be handled by hand.
  • Take pea-sized portions of the dough and make them into oblongs or dots. Repeat until all dough is used up.
  • Bring 8 cups of water to a boil in a stock pot. Add the tiny dumplings in batches. The dumplings will rise to the top once cooked, in approximately 5 minutes.
  • Scoop the cooked dumplings out of the water and set aside in a plate.
  • Brown the cashews in 1 tbsp of  Ghee/Butter. Set aside.
  • Heat a cup of water in a thick bottomed pan. When it starts bubbling, add the jaggery shavings and keep stirring until completely dissolved.
  • Add the milk, coconut milk along with cardamom powder to the pan and keep stirring until it slightly thickens.
  • Drop the dumplings gently into the pan and cook on low-flame for 2-3 minutes.
  • Transfer to serving bowls and garnish with cashews.
Makes 3-4 Servings.

Notes:
  • This dessert can be served cold with additional sugar, if desired.Dumplings get hard after refrigeration.
  • More milk may be added at the time of serving
Enjoy!

58 comments:

  1. Dear Lassie,
    Rice dumplings in coconut milk looks very delicious.Nice pics.

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  2. Temptingly delicious..... The prep is awesome & so are the captures..... I am loving it.... :)

    Ash....
    (http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

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  3. Lovely recipe dear..looks so rich and creamy.

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  4. thats so sweet of u CL to tc of ur mil...and this dessert looks simply fantabulous.......mmmmmmmmmm....mmmmmmm

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  5. looks fabulous and amazing ..drooling dish ..wht a tempting pic..

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  6. Never really had this..but ive had something similar and loved it...
    anything with coconut milk cant be bad :)

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  7. Lassie..thats something fabulous you have there..Love it like anything dear...Looks simply superb..

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  8. Paal Kozhukattai looks so good...Wish I could take a spoon of it !!!

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  9. My most favourite dumplings..looks irresistible..

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  10. I've never had this dish...now I'm really tempted!

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  11. So tempting and delicious.
    Wishing you a great week ♥

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  12. Looks so good. That is so nice that you could spend time with your MIL. I am looking forward to see what you've learned!

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  13. Bookmarking this and making this for sure. OK, now enjoy your MIL stay and we will wait for all those traditional dishes from her, made by you :)

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  14. Bookmarking this and making this for sure. OK, now enjoy your MIL stay and we will wait for all those traditional dishes from her, made by you :)

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  15. Its for sure... she would definitely be impressed :)

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  16. I remember eating a similar dessert at my friends.Looking forward for more traditional delicacies.Have a great time :)

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  17. Whoa these have me CRAVING a coconut milk dessert! I am impressed with all the effort you put into this...it looks delicious.

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  18. Hope you and your MIL are having great time together. I have tasted this one and it is a authentic Indian dish that shouldn't be missed.

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  19. I think it is so nice that you are learning your MIL traditional recipes. Your dessert looks wonderful, and I think your dumplings look very nice:)

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  20. i love this one always wanted to know how to make it.. m def gonna try this soon.. i don think i can find jaggery here.. is it ok to use sugar instead?

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  21. wowww.. looks soo perfect and delicious.. amazing clicks dear !!

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  22. enjoy your MIL's traditional recipes and do share with us :-) Have a great time. Drool worthy dish !!! very nice presentation
    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  23. ha ha! hope you had a great time with your MIL- I usually did with mine, except that I had very little space in my kitchen! ok, no complaints...
    very neat recipe and dish!

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  24. paal kozhukkattai....wow....never heard kozhukaatta with milk...will try it soon..

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  25. love paal kozhukattai..looks yummy and delicious!!

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  26. Looks very yummy!
    Have some great time and fun with your MIL!
    Angie

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  27. Looks super delicious... Lovely presentation.

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  28. Looks super delicious... Lovely presentation.

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  29. this is a lovely dessert, my fav too, beautiful

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  30. This is a very new kheer to me never heard or tried it before.It sounds really delicious and very traditional.

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  31. Wow!!! Yummy!! My hubby likes this sweet a lot. I was looking for the recipe. Thanks for sharing it dear. Will try it soon..

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  32. @Sansmerci - Never tried it with Sugar, so don't know how it would taste. But do give it a try with 'dark brown sugar' and let me know.

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  33. Hi. I have heard a lot about this preparation, looks really good. Looking fwd to more traditional preparations from ur MIL.

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  34. It looks simplz superb !!! I just want to grab the plate.

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  35. Hi dear, lovely recipe! Beautiful presentation! Kiss

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  36. Dear..Please collect the awards from my space ...

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  37. Your rice dumplings look awesome. I would like to share an award with you. Just visit my blog and grab it.

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  38. Coool " Cool Lassie" I had this once in kerala.. u made me Nostalgia!

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  39. This sounds great...Never tried it, but I'm sure I would love it...you know I love all Indian food.

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  40. i tasted the same from my friend really liked and made the same at home.. really delicious one.. the difficult part is to make the dumplings. if its in diffrent shapes not taste so good.. very nice

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  41. looks fabulous and amazing ..drooling dish ..wht a tempting pic..

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  42. First time here and that was a lovely kozhukattai.... just love it...

    Added your blog in my list...

    When you find time do drop me at my blog...

    Thanks.

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  43. Hi dear..hope ur fine..I was away from active blogging..i missed out many of your recipes,trying to get hold of everything very soon...paal kozhukattai, its my all time fav, that brings back all nostalgic memories...mommy used to make them often,this looks super delicious, my friend. Want to have some.:)

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  44. looks so delicious and mouth-wateringly good! talk about being busy.. sadly, i know all about it now-a-days..

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  45. Dear lassie
    How are you?
    So we are going to get lot of traditional dishes ( unless you have already cooked all of them and posted). I like this one.
    In bong style it is also made but in milk only. Mom used make and there used to be small rice dumpling and some bigger one stuffed with coconut and Jaggery cooked stuffing.
    I am going to try your recipe soon.
    Have a nice week ahead and heavy cooking activities too.

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  46. i never knew about this paal kozhakttai until now..should try it sometime..looks yumm

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  47. Totally new to me , but sounds delicious....I'm sure MIL must be happy with dear DIL making such traditional dish...

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  48. You and I have the same reason for being away from blogging for a bit! My MIL also teaches me new recipes every time she visits, which is awesome ... looking forward to more yummy posts from you!

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  49. Mmm this dish looks so incredible with thick coconut milk! Which is one of my favorites.

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  50. Finally Am here Cool Lassi:) Thanks for kind words of appreciation....Oh wat a lovely paal Koshukkatai super yum! shall take it from here :)

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  51. I have so been looking forward to this recipe! I just adore those little rice balls in the milk... I am definitely making this.

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