How to prepare Raw Rice Flour for Kozhukkatai / Idiyappam / Murukku

How to make Raw Rice Flour for Kozhukkattai, Idiyappam, Murukku etc....

Rice flour! You may wonder what is special in rice flour? Yes! It is special. If the basic is not strong, then the whole building becomes weak! The same in the case of the recipes such as Kozhukattai (Modhakam), Murukku and Idiyappam. If the rice flour is not prepared properly, the kozhukkattai and Idiayappam and Murukku will not be that much taste as expected. This is the reason why  My Mom, Chithi, Mami and my Mother-in-law prepared it at home. Now-a-days, we get it in all super markets! I'm happy to give the preparation here which I learnt from my Mom and Mother-in-law and other elderly ladies in my home.

Raw Rice Flour

You may need a good quality Raw Rice for preparing this. I took 1cup of Ponni Raw Rice.

Wash and soak Raw Rice for 2 hours.

Drain the soaked water completely and allow it to dry for half-an-hour on a clean dry towel under shade.

The rice must be dry in such a way that, it must be wet but it must not stick on to our hands.

At this stage you can make it at home using mixie or get it done in a flour mill.

Dry the soaked Rice under shade

Dried (wet!) Rice

Nicely ground rice flour

Kolam with the prepared Rice Flour

For preparing at home using mixie: Dry grind the rice to nice powder using your mixie. You can use sieve (jalladai) to check for chunks!

Rice flour is ready!

It is understood that the rice flour prepared is perfect if you are able to draw kolam (rangoli) using that flour. If it is not perfect, you will not be able to draw kolam!

With this rice flour, we can prepare Kozhukkattai, Idiappam, Murukku etc as per you choice!

Raw Rice Flour

Will meet you all with yet another healthy recipe soon! Till then Bye friends!