stuffed caterpillar bread

Made by Mahesh.

Carrot moong dal Kozhakattai

Ingredients for stuffing(poornam):

Carrot pulp            - 1 cup ( the pulp from two carrots made into carrot juice)
Jaggery                  - 1/2 cup (broken into small pieces or powdered)
Split moong dal      - 1/4 cup
Cardamon powder  - 1/4 tsp
Salt                         - a pinch

Ingredients for outer covering:

Rice flour             - 1 cup
Oil of choice         - 1 tsp
Water                   - as required
salt                        - a small pinch

Recipe for the stuffing:

Heat a pan on the stove top.Add the jaggery and carrot pulp together with the salt to the pan. Once the jaggery is melted add the cardamom powder and saute till they blend together. Take off stove. Dry roast the dal and cook it with a little water on stove top. Add this to the carrot jaggery mixture. Mix it well and roll into balls.

Recipe for the outer covering:
 http://www.jeyashriskitchen.com/2013/07/kozhukattai-with-kadalai-paruppu.html under the heading "METHOD FOR MAKING OUTER DOUGH"

Roll the dough into small balls. Take a ball and make a small cup of it.  Now place one ball of the stuffing and seal the dough all around the stuffing. Do the same with the rest of the stuffing and dough.

Steam the balls for about 10 minutes or until done.

peanut raisin energy balls

dry roasted peanuts        - 1/4 cup

toasted sunflower seeds - 1/8 cup

raisins                               - 10

pitted prunes                     - 2

black peppercorn              - 1

salt                                    - a small pinch

dry grind the peanuts,sunflower seeds, black peppercorn and raisins together to a coarse powder.  Add the chopped prunes to this and grind so that they blend together. Add the salt and roll it into balls. It made 9 balls.

Store in airtight container.

Recipe source:

http://quicknhealthy.blogspot.com/2013/07/spicy-pistachio-goji-berry-energy-balls.html