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MEDICAL TREATMENT
IN TAMIL NADU
South Indian
Vegetarian Receipes
Vinayakar Chaturthi
Kuzhakattai with coconut filling�makes
about twenty small kuzhakattais.
Wash and soak rice in water for 10 minutes.
Drain the water and dry it in shade on cloth, till the rice is
completely dry. Grind the rice and transfer the flour in a plastic
container. The flour will be preserved if kept in a freezer.
Take half a cup of water in a pan. Add a pinch
of salt and one teaspoon of sesame oil.
When the water is heated, remove from the fire
and add one cup of the rice flour. Add another teaspoon of teaspoon
oil, and stir the flour briskly till it comes into a ball. Cover the
flour with a muslin cloth, till it cools down. Now, knead the dough
gently till it is of a smooth consistency.
Filling.
Take
three-fourth cup of grated jaggery in a pan. Add a little water and
heat a little. After all the jaggery is dissolved, strain the
jaggery water so that all the impurities are removed. Take this
jaggery water in a pan. Add one cup of grated coconut and three
crushed elaichees. Stir till the two ingredients are mixed together
and comes out into a ball. Add one teaspoon of ghee.
Method
Take a little of the dough and make it into a
smooth ball with your hands. Flatten the ball on the palm of the
hand. Take a little of the stuffing and put it on the flattened
dough and then gently close, by making a cup with the stuffing
inside.
Take all the kuzakttais
and then steam on a idli plate for five minutes.
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After getting treated in
Tamil Nadu, do not fail to visit the famous Navagragha Temples which
are found in a close cluster around Kumbakonam in South Tamil Nadu.
Nowhere in India do you find all the Navagragha Temples in such
close proximity from each other, so that it is very easy to visit
all the temples in about three days!
Surya
Chandra
Mangal
Budha
Guru
Shukra
Shani
Rahu
Ketu
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