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Cornmeal Dumplings/Kozhukattai – Your Recipe Rocks!
July 23rd, 2008 Madhuram Posted in Breakfast, From Other Blogs, Idli/Dosa/Adai, Light Meals/Tiffin, Vegan Main Dishes, Your Recipe Rocks | 
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When Jayasree posted Cornmeal Kozhukattais, I had to try it out because I always like the idea of using American ingredients in our Indian cooking. (Example: Zucchini Daal, Grits Pongal, Grits Adai). I had bought cornmeal to prepare bread, but somehow did not even get close to finding an eggless cornmeal bread recipe.
I tried the recipe with 1 cup of yellow cornmeal, which is available in the baking aisle in the US. I got 12 dumplings for this measurement. Next time I’ll be sure to use another cup of cornmeal, because it was so tasty. Thank you very much for the recipe Jayasree, your recipe rocks!
For instance, I don’t add whole red chillies and green chillies while seasoning. Instead I grind coconut, cumin seeds, green chillies and red chillies (as per taste) into a coarse powder and add it while the water is boiling. This gives a nice aroma and flavor to the steamed balls. For this kozhukattai you can also omit the toor daal and use cornmeal only.
2. Another point to be noted, cornmeal tends to lump quickly while adding it to the boiling water. So I had to mash it with a potato masher after removing the pan from the stove and then shaped them into oval shaped dumplings to steam it. I think we can avoid this by adding some water to the cornmeal, whisking it and then pouring this mixture in the boiling water (like preparing ragi kanji).
Dear JZ of Tasty Treats had passed me the Friendship Award a couple of days back. Somehow I lost track of it. I’m very sorry JZ. Thank you for passing me the award. I extend my frienship to all my food blogging buddies.
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July 24th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Laavanya, try it, you won’t regret it.
Cham, thank you very much.
Dee, cornmeal is new to me too. This is the first time I’m using it.
Divya, thank you very much. My husband was keeping on telling that nobody has said anything about the logo.
Jayasree, thank you once again for the interesting substitute. It never occurred to me at all.
Madhavi, will surely try the chickpeas snack. I guess we can try it with all other canned beans also.
Ranji, it’s fun to create new ways to use a familiar product right?
Krystyna, Sushma, Bhawana, Rajitha, Sangeeth, Shreya, Kumudha, Kamala thank you very much. We loved the taste, you should also try it.
Valerie, thank you very much for the link. I’ll check it out.
July 24th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
That looks so yummy Madhu…will sure try this
July 24th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Cornmeal dumpling sound delicious and nutritious!
July 24th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
I’ve tried this cornmeal bread, sans eggs, from the Post Punk Kitchen. It calls for soy milk, but regular milk could be used. We really liked it.
http://www.theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/index.php?RecipeID=39
July 24th, 2008 at 10:02 am
really great entry.. love this kozhukattai..:-)
July 24th, 2008 at 9:58 am
great entry for YRR dear…i luv kozhukattai….one more to add in my list
July 24th, 2008 at 9:07 am
madhu…this is a a different tiffin item…and healthy too!! will try it out…