Koozh vadagam (Rice vadams)

Come every April , Amma starts making koozh vadagam

for the whole year.Amma wakes up very early in the morning and

makes the koozh and wake up us at 6 ' o clock to help her

before the scorching sun comes.

Ingredients

Parboiled rice - 2 1/2 cups

water - 16 cups

cumin seeds 2 tsp

hing - 1 tsp

Green chillies - 10

Method

• Soak the rice for 2 hrs.
• Grind the rice to a nice batter along with green chillies.
• Next day morning in a big cooker or thick bottom vessel pour the rice and water.
• Stir continuously.
• Add salt , jeera and curry leaves.
• The batter should not be in the running consistency nor thick.
• Keep an old mat in the floor under the sun.
• Spread a dhoti over the mat.
• Make small rounds of vadams with the help of spoon.

Vadams at the end of the day

• In the evening flip the dhoti.Sprinkle water over it.Let it soak for 10 min.

• Remove the vadams after 10 min.

Next day morning under the sun spread the vadams in the mat.

• Let it dry completely.
• Store in a airtight container.