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Healthy Ammini Kozhukattai
Ingredients
For the Dumpling
  • 2 cups rolled oats
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp Urad dal
  • 2 tsp oil
  • Few Red Chilies
  • 1/2 cup Chayote Squash Puree
Vegetable
  • 1 Chayote Squash Peeled and balls scooped out
Spice Powder
  • 2 tsp Sesame seeds
  • 1 tsp Urad dal
  • 1 tsp Chana Dal
  • 1-2 Red Chilies
Instructions
  1. Powder rolled oats in a blender. Set aside

  2. Using melon scooper, scoop out chayote squash in the form of balls. 

  3. Take the remaining chow chow pieces and grind it with some water to form a puree.

  4. Add mustard seeds, urad dal and red chillies to oil.

  5. Add oats powder, saute and then add the chayote squash puree to bring the oats together into a solid mass. Switch off the stove.

  6. Using a cookie scoop, scoop out dumpling shaped balls and drop them in an idli or dokla plate. Add the chow chow balls in one of the layers.

  7. Steam for 10-12 minutes until the dumplings are well cooked. 

  8. In a small pan, heat oil, urad dal, channa dal, red chillies and sesame seeds. Roast and powder this mixture.

  9. To a saute pan, add the steamed dumplings, chow chow and the spice powder. Stir fry and serve.