Paal Kozhukattai Recipe With Bananas - With Vegan Option

Step 1: To begin making the Paal Kozhukattai Recipe With Bananas, let us start with preparing the rice dumplings

Step 2: In a small pot, bring 2 1/2 cups of water to boil

Step 3: Once the water starts boiling, add sesame oil and turn off the heat

Step 4: In a bowl, add rice flour and salt

Step 5: Combine them together

Step 6: Add water slowly little by little and mix continuously to prepare the dough

Step 7: Knead the dough together to prepare a soft dough

Step 8: Once the dough comes together, grease your palm with oil and roll small balls of dough

Step 9: I rolled the dough into small coin shaped ones as I preferred a different shape than the usual round ones

Step 10: Ensure the dough is covered with damp cloth all the time to prevent it from losing its moisture

Step 11: This also prevents the dough from cracking while cooking

Step 12: Repeat the same with the entire dough and prepare small coins out of the dough

Step 13: Keep the rolled balls covered with damp cloth at all times

Step 14: In a nonstick pan, add milk and bring it to boil

Step 15: Once the milk starts boiling, reduce the heat and add shaped rice balls into the milk

Step 16: Cook the rice balls for about 5 minutes without stirring

Step 17: Ensure that you don’t stir the rice balls until they are cooked to avoid breaking the rice balls

Step 18: The balls will float on the top once it has been cooked

Step 19: Now, add thin coconut milk and cardamom powder to the pot and bring it to boil

Step 20: Add sugar and give a stir

Step 21: Cook for few minutes until the sugar dissolves completely in the milk

Step 22: Now, add thick coconut milk and turn off the heat

Step 23: Remove the Paal Kozhukattai  from the heat

Step 24: Ensure you don’t cook the Paal Kozhukattai after the addition of thick coconut milk

Step 25: Serve warm or refrigerate for an hour before serving

Step 26: Paal Kozhukattai tastes delicious either warm or cold

Step 27: Serve Paal Kozhukattai Recipe With Bananas as a dessert after a festive meal of Steamed Rice, Mixed Vegetable Sambar, Carrot Beans Thoran and Elai Vadam