Pal kozhukattai

There are many varieties of kozhukattai with or without stuffings. But this is one of the tastiest sweet kozhukattai.

Ingredients:

• Rice flour-2 cups
• Water-Required amount
• Milk-1 cup
• grated coconut-1/2 cup
• Sugar
• Salt
• Cashews-7 or 8
  
• Cardamom(elakai)-5 or 6
  

Method:

• Warm approximately less than 3/4 cup of water and little salt to it.
• Add the rice flour little by little and make it into a semihard dough.
• Make into small balls or rods or any other desired shapes.
  
• Do not keep the balls together as they may stick to each other.
• Now heat water in a pan.
• When the water starts boiling put 15-20 kozhukattais in different places.
• Do not put too many kozhukattais together.
• See that the kozhukattais do not stick to each other.
• Once the kozhukattais are cooked, using large metal filter or a spoon, remove the kozhukattais and keep it aside.
• Use the same water to cook in the similar way all the kozhukattais.
• Finally boil the milk in a pan and add all the kozhukattais, along with the water used to cook them.
• When it comes to required consistency of a payasam, add enough sugar and grated coconut.
• After removing from the flame add the cardamom and the fried cashews.
• Serve it hot or cold.