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Kaara Kozhukattai (Soft and spicy rice flour steamed dumplings)

Hello viewers, Today I am going to share the recipe for kaara kozhukattai which is prepared as a special offering for Lord Ganesha. I have named it spicy but it is not very spicy though! Ingredients: This recipe makes about 21 lemon - sized kozhukkattai Rice Flour - 1/2 cup ( I used store bought) Water - 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups(warm) Green chillies - 2 small (de-seeded and finely chopped)(you can add less if you wish) Ginger - 1 tsp (peeled and grated) Coconut - 1 tbsp grated Cumin seeds- 1 tsp Salt - 1/2 tsp or as per taste Sesame oil or Ghee - 1 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Curry leaves - few sprigs First, heat a wok and heat the oil . Then add the mustard seeds , cumin seeds and curry leaves . Then add the green chillies and ginger and saute. Add the salt now itself , so that it mixes well. Now, it is time to pour the water and let it boil. When the water is boiling, add the rice flour little by little and keep mixing with a whisk continuously, so that lumps do