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.
