Name: Sweet and Savoury Pearls. ( Mani Kozukattai ) recipe by Manisha Shukla at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: For making sweet pearls.; Rice flour 1/2 cup; Jaggery 1/4 cup [grated]; cardamom powder 1/4 tsp; Coconut grated 1 cup; Ground Almond powder 1 tsp; 1 tsp ghee; water; salt [a pinch]; For Savoury Pearls : Rice flour 1/2 cup; A pinch of salt; Cumin ground 1/4 tsp; Oil 1 tsp; water; For seasoning of Savoury Pearls: Oil 1 tsp. Mustard seeds; Asafoetida - a pinch; Sesame seeds - 1/4 th tsp; 1 green chilli; Chilli powder - 1/4 th tsp; Curry patta 10; Coriander leaves to garnish.

ABOUT Sweet and Savoury Pearls. ( Mani Kozukattai ) RECIPE

Was inspired by recepie of @Tamil salvi. And tried a sweet version of it.

Ingredients Serving: 2

For making sweet pearls.
Rice flour 1/2 cup
Jaggery 1/4 cup [grated]
cardamom powder 1/4 tsp
Coconut grated 1 cup
Ground Almond powder 1 tsp
1 tsp ghee
water
salt [a pinch]
For Savoury Pearls : Rice flour 1/2 cup
A pinch of salt
Cumin ground 1/4 tsp
Oil 1 tsp
water
For seasoning of Savoury Pearls: Oil 1 tsp. Mustard seeds
Asafoetida - a pinch
Sesame seeds - 1/4 th tsp
1 green chilli
Chilli powder - 1/4 th tsp
Curry patta 10
Coriander leaves to garnish.

Instructions

For sweet pearls boil 1 cup of water, add salt and ghee in rice flour and add boiling water continuously stirring with spatula not to form lumps.
Grease your palm with oil and knead a soft dough. Make small pearl sized balls and steam for 10 to 15 minutes. Check with toothpick test. Now boil little water , add jaggery, ground Almond powder and cardamom powder . Stir to mix well and than add rice balls . Let it mix well for 5 to 7 minutes. Your Sweet Pearls Are Ready.
For Savoury Pearls make pearl sized balls same way by adding oil in the flour. Steam them.
After cooling a while heat oil in a pan. Add asafoetida, mustard seeds, curry patta, green chilli, chilli powder and sesame seeds. Add pearls and saute well for 5 minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

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