Jilledikayalu

Jilledu kayalu is a dish which we offfer to Lord Ganesh. It is made of rice flour stuffed with coconut sweet or Chena dal poornam. 

Chena dal poornam 

Chena dal poornam

•  Bengal gram dal(Senga pappu)/chana dal- 1 1/2 cups
•  Sugar - 1 1/2 cups
• Cardamom powder 1/2 spoon

 poornam 

1. Cook the Bengal gram dal in a pressure cooker till it become soft. 
2. Drain the excess water. Mesh dal while it is hot (grind the whole mixture till it becomes smooth.)  let the dal cool down for few minutes.
3. Add sugar and cardamom powder. 
4. Transfer the poornam in  a pan and cook on stove in very low medium heat it til the excess water in the poornam will evaporate.
5. This makes the poornam dry and easy to roll as round balls. Make equal round balls.

Coconut sweet

kobbari poornam

Kobbari poornam for stuffing

Grated coconut     2cups
Sugar                    11/2cups
crushed cardamom

1. Heat  thick bottom cooking bowl.
2. Add grated coconut, sugar and half cup of  water, mix well.
3. Mix continuously in low flame and cook till the water in the mixture evaporates.
4. Make equal proportions and keep it aside.

Rice Four Dough

Picture 1

 .Ridce flour dough

Rice flour       3 cups

Water           3 1/2cups   ( 3+1/2) 

Salt              1 pinch

1. Bring water to boil  in a thick bottom vessel or nonstick vessel. Add salt and rice flour to the boiled water.
2. Cover with a lid and cook for five minutes on low flame.
3. Remove the lid and mix well.
4. Cook for it till the rice flour dough not sticking to our wet hands. 
5. Remove from flame. Allow it to cool. Keep the dough in a wet cloth and press it with wet  hands to become  the dough smooth.  (picture 1)
6. Devide the dough into equal proportions round balls. (with oil greased hands.. Cover a wet cloth on it.

Process of Jilledikayalu

Picture 1

1.Take a opened plastic cover put some oil on it. Take rice flour dough  and spread it roundly  

Picture 2

  keep it in jilledukayala pressing machine,
 put coconut sweet or chana dal poornam in the centre (picture2) and  press it.(picture 3) 

picture 3

picture 4

Remove the remaing rice flour dough(picute 4 ). Remove the jelledukaya from the machine and keep it aside.Contenue the process (picutre 5 )

Pur 3 jilledikayalu on a wet cloth covered idli  tray (Picture  ) and cover jilledikayalu with remaining colth.

Put another tray in  the same process. ( See above pictures )

Jilliedukayaly steaming

1. Take 2to3 cups of water in a vessel and keep the idly  stand in it and cook  for 5 to10 minutes.
2.  Remove them from the steamer carefully, allow to cool for 5 minutes, remove from the wet cloth carefully and place them in a plate. (picture 4). Repeat the process with rest of the jilledu kayalu.
3. Jilledikaya is ready to eat.