Ellu Kozhukattai recipe | Ellu poornam kozhukattai recipe – Ellu modakam recipe – Modakam recipe with detailed step-by-step pictures.
You can make the outer cover by soaking rice, refer to this video of how to make a perfect modakam. Check out, Kadalai paruppu poornam kozhukattai, Ulundu kozhukattai, Modakam using mould, Modakam with desiccated coconut.
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- Dry roast the sesame seeds and when it is cool grind this along with powdered jaggery, coconut, and cardamom powder.

- The oil in the sesame seeds makes this come into a whole mass.
- Roll this into small balls.

- In a pan add 1/2 cup of rice flour. Add a pinch of salt.
- Add 3/4 cup of room temperature water and mix well without lumps.

- Add this to a pan and add 1/2 tsp sesame oil. Cook this on a low flame.
- This will get cooked in 3-5 minutes. When it comes to a whole mass switch off the flame.

- Cover and keep this aside for 10 minutes.
- When it comes to bearable heat, grease your hands with oil and knead the dough well for 2 minutes.
- Always keep this covered.

- Take a gooseberry-sized dough, grease your fingers with oil, and make the soppu.
- Place a goose berry-sized Ellu filling into this and cover it to the shape of modak.

- Steam this on a greased idli plate and steam for 7-9 minutes. Once you see the shiny transparent texture. Switch off the flame.
- Take out after 2 minutes.

- Ellu kozhukattais are ready for neivedhyam.

- I made this using black sesame seeds. You can use white sesame seeds too.
- You can make the ellu poornam before the day and keep it inside the refrigerator to make the kozhukattai on the festival day.
- You can wash and soak the sesame seeds and drain the water. Then go ahead and dry roast the sesame seeds till it pops up.
- Ellu kozhakattais stays soft for 5-6hours

Ellu Kozhukattai recipe
Ingredients
For the poornam
- 1/2 cup ellu | sesame seeds
- 1/4 cup powdered jaggery
- 2 tbsp coconut
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
For the dough
- ½ cup rice flour you can use store bought rice flour or idiyappam flour
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
Instructions
- Dry roast the the sesame seeds and when it is cool grind this along with powdered jaggery, coconut and cardamom powder.
- The oil in the sesame seeds makes this to come into a whole mass.
- Roll this into small balls.
- In a pan add 1/2 cup of rice flour. Add a pinch of salt.
- Add 3/4 cup of room temperature water and mix well without lumps.
- Add this to a pan and add 1/2 tsp sesame oil. Cook this on a low flame.
- This will get cooked in 3-5 minutes. When it comes to a whole mass switch off the flame.
- Cover and keep this aside for 10 minutes.
- When it comes to a bearable heat, grease your hands with oil and knead the dough well for 2 minutes.
- Always keep this covered.
- Take a gooseberry sized dough, grease your fingers with oil and make the soppu.
- Place a goose berry sized Ellu filling into this and cover it to a shape of modak.
- Steam this on a greased idli plate and steam for 7-9 minutes. Once you see the shiny transperant texture. Switch off the flame.
- Take out after 2 minutes.
- Ellu kozhukattais are ready for neivedhyam.