Saturday 5 January 2013

Kerala Cuisine - Churuttu


Churuttu
(Rice cones with Avalos Podi)                                                  
                                                                                                

                                                                                                    
                                                                                                 
Ingredients
For making madaku
Rice flour                                     :    1 1/2cups
Salt                                               :    to taste                         
Water                                            :    1 cup

For making the filling
Avalos podi                                  :     2 cup
Sugar                                            :    1 1/4 cup
Water                                            :    1/2 cup
Lemon juice                                 :    1 1/2 tbsp


Method of preparation
For making madaku


  1. Mix the rice flour and salt and make a smooth dough using water.
  2. Keep aside for 10 minutes to   become soft and fluffy.
  3. Form the dough into smooth round balls and roll into a wafer thin round 
  4. Dust the rounds with flour on one side only ; so that  the pastry does not dry out.
  5. Lightly cook the pastry rounds on a medium hot griddle for just 30 secs on one side.
  6. Keep the cooked pastry rounds in a banana leaf as you prepare the filling to keep it soft and pliable.

For making the filling
  1.  In a deep pan, bring water to a boil and add the sugar, stirring until it dissolves.
  2. Cook the syrup until it reaches 1 thread consistency, then add lemon juice.
  1. Keep aside  2 teaspoons of sugar syrup and add avalos podi to the rest of the syrup and mix well.
  2. Cut each round of pastry in half and wet the edges of each half with the reserved sugar syrup.
  3. Shape each semi-circle into a cone with dry side facing inside, laeving one end of the pastry free to close.
  4. Stuff each cone with 1 tablespoon of filling. Cover the tops and seal the edges.
  5. Keep aside for 2 hours until the syrup from the filling has moistened and seeped into the pastry.
* Note
It is easier to make the churuttu if the madaku and the  filling  are still warm. Lemon juice will prevent  the crystallization of sugar, which is important for this dish. Do not refrigerate the churuttu as it will destroy the texture of the snack.
Yield : 4 servings
Nutritional Information
1 serving of churuttu (3 nos.) give 703 Kcal of energy, 9g of protein, 9.8g of fat,16.01mg of calcium and 2.1mg of iron.



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