Aval / Rice Flake / Flattened Rice Vilayichathu

Aval or Rice flake or flattened rice is a very nutritious item.  This contains iron, carbohydrates, etc… So today we are going to prepare aval vilayichathu, a sweet recipe with brown rice flake… It’s a common snack in Kerala…. Everyone will love the taste….

 

Ingredients:

1.     Aval / Rice Flake / Flattened Rice ------------------------1/2 Kilogram

2.     Grated coconut ----------------------------------------------- 1 to 2 cups

3.     Jaggery / Vellam / Sarkara --------------------------------- 1 – 1 ½ Kilogram

4.     Cashew nut ---------------------------------------------------- 10-15

5.     Raisins ---------------------------------------------------------- 10-15

6.     Water ----------------------------------------------------------- 3 cups

7.     Ghee ------------------------------------------------------------- ¼ cup

8.     Cardamom powder ------------------------------------------ 2 teaspoon

 

Preparation:

1.     Heat the pan and put the jiggery and water and allow it to boil and melt. After it melt fully, switch off the flame and sieve the water and keep it aside

2.     Heat another pan and pour ghee and fry cashew nut and raisins and keep it aside

3.     Heat a pan with thick bottom, and pour the jaggery water into the pan and allow it to boil and stir well, after the water boils, add grated coconut into the jaggery water and stir well in low flame

4.     Stir till the water content in the coconut goes, and the jaggery water become very  thick

5.     Take the pan out of the flame and allow it to cool for 5 minutes and then add rice flake / aval into the thick jaggery and coconut mixture and stir well

6.     Add fried cashew nuts and raisins and cardamom powder into the mixture and mix well

7.     Allow it to cool and serve as a snack

 

 

Notes:

·        We can prepare this snack and keep for more than a week, so after it cool down, put the aval vilayichathu in a good container and keep.

·        It can be served alone or with banana.

I am expecting your valuable feedback…. Your words are my inspiration….So don’t leave this page before you write your comments, suggestions or criticisms….

 

KOZHUKATTAI

Kozhukattai is a traditional evening snack or breakfast in almost all the houses in Kerala… Now-a-days, I am sure that ‘kozhukattai’ is a sweet snack all over the world…. We can prepare kozhukatti with rice flour, grated coconut and jaggery (sarkkara in malayalam) or even with sugar… Today I wish to introduce the easiest recipe of kozhukatti with sugar, instead of jiggery (vellam in tamil)….. When I was in school, my mother prepared kozhukattai as evening snack…. I am sure all the children loves to eat kozhukattai as evening snack…. Mostly this snack prepare in round or oval shape… We can prepare the same in any shape as per our taste…. J

The rice flour should be very fine powder, as we use for idiyappam.

Ingredients:

1.     Rice flour ------------------------------------- 1 cup

2.     Grated coconut ---------------------------- 1 – 1 ½ cup

3.     Sugar ------------------------------------------ 2-3 tablespoon (as per your taste)

4.     Salt -------------------------------------------- one pinch

5.     Cardamom (optional)-------------------- 1-2 (crushed)

6.     Water ---------------------------------------- 1 – 1 ½ cup (or as needed)

7.     Ghee / Oil ----------------------------------- to spread on palm while making balls

Preparation:

1.     In a pan, take the water and add salt to it and allow it to boil

2.     For filling, mix the grated coconut, sugar and crushed cardamom (optional) and keep it aside

3.     Take the flour in a vessel, and add the boiled water little by little to the flour and mix with a spoon (as its boiled water, don’t put your fingers inside), until the sufficient water added to become a soft dough and keep it aside for 5 minutes or until we can put our fingers and make the dough for kozhukattai (same consistency used for idiyappam dough)

4.     After it become soft dough, prepare medium sized balls out of the dough.

5.     Spread a little oil or ghee on your palm, then take each balls in your palm and flatten it with your fingers

6.     Put 1 – 2 teaspoon of filling and prepare shapes according to your requirement (ball, oval etc.,)

7.     Place the kozhukattai, in a steamer (appachembu or idli cooker) for 10-15 minutes in medium flame and allow it to cook well

8.     Kozhukattai is ready to serve

Notes:

Ø The water requirement for making dough, may vary according to the rice flour used for preparation

Ø You can add or deduct sugar as per sweetness required

Ø You can use either cardamom powder or crushed cardamom, mostly I won’t use cardamom at all

Ø Along with cardamom powder, you can add cumin seeds too, if you love the taste

Ø Make sure that don’t pour too much of boiled water first, adjust accordingly when you make soft dough

Ø Either you can use boiled water or hot water as per the rice flour used for preparation

Ø Mostly for the preparation of kozhukattai, jaggery or vellam or sarkkara is used

I will post the recipe for the preparation of kozhukattai with jaggery shortly…

I am sure that you will love the kozhukattai …. If you have any question, ask me…. I need your valuable comments, suggestions and criticisms…. Write your feedback after you prepare kozhukattai in your kitchen ……J