Pepper Kolukattai / Dhovlo

Ingredients:

•  Idly rice – 2 cups
• Rice flour – as required
• Salt – as required
• Water – as required
• Pepper – 4 tsp
• Jeera/Cumin seed – 2 tsp
•  Ghee – 2 tsp

Steps:

•  Soak idly rice for 6 hours
• Grind rice well in mixie/grinder till it reaches thick consistency as possible. Add water little by little while grinding
• Take the batter in a bowl
•  Add some rice flour to get consistency like kolukkata maavu

 

• Make a small ball, slightly bigger than groundnut 

  

 

• Roll it in palm then with two finger tips , gently press 

 

• Keep it in a plate, repeat to fill the plate

 

 

    

• Boil water well in a broad vessel and add salt as required
• Now add the pressed balls as small batches
• Make sure the water boils very well else balls will stick at the bottom
• Stir well in between adding each batch

• Boil for 20 minutes with occasionally stirring
• Then strain the water. We can also consume this water with pepper powder
• Take all balls in a bowl
   

•  Coarsely grind the pepper

 

• Heat 2 tsp of ghee , add cumin seeds and grind-ed pepper

 

• Fry till cumin seeds turn brown
• Pour the ghee mixture on the balls and mix well
• Serve hot this delicious kaara saara pepper kolukkattai
• This dish and the strained hot water can be consumed during cold to get relief