Suba's Recipes

Wheat Rava Upma Kozhukattai - steamed kozhukattais made with godhuma rava. Godhuma Rava is known by different names like broken wheat rava/samba godhuma rava/dalia/lapsi. This recipe is an easy to prepare tiffin item or as an after school snack for kids. I usually make upma with wheat rava by adding onions and other veggies. But came across this idea of making kozhukattai through other food blogs. We usually make upma kozhukattai using raw rice but that involves an elaborate procedure of soaking and grinding rice to rava like consistency and adding soaked and ground channa dal. But this godhuma rava upma kozhukattai is made using a simple tempering with just the addition of coconut.                   It is a a no onion no garlic dish which is also healthy as it is steamed and has the goodness of wheat rava. As it requires very minimal ingredients, it can make for a quick breakfast or dinner option. Also it tastes gr...

Ammini Kozhukattai also called as Mani Kozhukattai, is generally prepared on the day of Vinayakar Chathurthi festival. It is usually made with the left over kozhukattai dough. We just roll small balls out of the dough, steam them and do a simple tempering. But this dish can easily be prepared any day as a simple snack or even as a tiffin item. Only effort required will be in rolling the tiny balls😉. This is a very healthy snack as we steam the dish and hence is a good choice for kids too. My daughter loves this snack and hence I prepare it once in a while. Hence thought of sharing here in the blog.                                I have given here a simple version of the dish. You can make variations to this by adding idli milagai podi if you prefer a spicy version. You can also use the filling used for ulundu kozhukattai( urad dal stuffing) and add to this. Also it is suggested to use o...

Aval kozhukattai is an alternative to the regular aval upma. It is prepared similar to upma kozhukattai which is made of raw rice. It is a great after school snack for kids or can even be served for breakfast or dinner.