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Indian Dumplings

 Published 2012-Sep-12   Updated 2018-Oct-17
(Kozhukattai, Kolukattai, Modak, Kudumu, Kadubu)

I recently went for an office dinner with my boss and team to a Chinese restaurant. When I saw the menu card, in the starter section, along with the different varieties of manchurian, I chanced on the word dumplings. Since I was not sure of what it is, I did not try it out too. After reaching home I asked my genie Google about dumplings. Well, here it goes… According to Wikipedia dumpling is a broad classification for a dish that consists of pieces of dough wrapped around a filling of vegetables, sweet, fish or even meat. They may be cooked by boiling, frying, simmering or steaming and can be eaten with gravy or by themselves. It sounded closely similar to the preparation of some of our traditional dishes. Yes!!! You guessed it right, our traditional kozhukattai is nothing but a dumpling. In kozhukattai the outer shell is rice flour dough and the filling can be a sweet or spicier version.

The best part of the Indian dumpling is that all our varieties are steamed, thus making it cholesterol free and diet friendly recipes. Also, the outer dough shell is primarily made of rice flour, whereas in the other varieties of dumplings in the world cuisine, all purpose flour or maida (all purpose flour) is used as the primary ingredient. Maida, as we all know is ripped off all its proteins, vitamins and fiber during milling to get the fine texture and is also bleached with chemicals to obtain the white color. Rice flour on the contrary is enriched with vitamin, fiber, proteins and minerals. Rice flour is gluten free while the refined flour or maida is gluten dense. One of the other advantages is also that, in the Indian dumplings, especially in the spicy version, we add seasoning of mustard seeds, curry leaves, asofaedita etc. This seasoning done in hot oil or ghee not only imparts a flavor to the dish and makes it fragrant some but also enhances the essence of the spices. The addition of cumin seeds or jeera, mustard seeds and curry leaves supports digestion, boosts immunity, fights infections and lowers the level of bad cholesterol.

Try out these amazing ranges of our own Indian dumplings and relish to your heart’s content with no fear of calories and other ill effects.

Sweet Dumpling Varieties

Sweet Pidi Kolukattai Sweet Pidi Kolukattai Vella Kozhakkattai (Ukdiche Modak) Vella Kozhakkattai Paal Kozhukattai Paal Kozhukattai Sihi KadubuSihi Kadubu
Pal Paniyaram Pal Paniyaram Sesame Seeds Dumpling Ellu Kozhukattai (Sesame Seeds Dumpling) Sugar Free Kozhukattai Sugar Free Kozhukattai Chakka Appam Chakka Appam
Ilai Appam Ilai Appam Ukadiche Modak Ukadiche Modak Paal Kolukattai Paal Kolukattai Susiyam Susiyam
Sigappu Arisi Kozhukattai Sigappu Arisi Kozhukattai Wheat Jaggery Paal Kozhukattai Wheat Jaggery Paal Kozhukattai    
       

Savoury Dumpling Varieties

Kara KadubuKara Kadubu (Ulundu Kozhukattai)  Ammini Kozhukattai Ammini Kozhukattai Ammini Kozhukattai Spicy Ammini Kozhukattai Spicy Corn Moongdal Modak Corn Moongdal Modak
Upma Kozhukattai Upma Kozhukattai Kaara Pidi Kozhukattai Kaara Pidi (Uppu) Kozhukattai with rice flour Kara Pidi Kolukattai Kara Pidi Kolukattai using rice MomoChicken Momo
Vegetable Momo Vegetable Momo Oats Kozhukattai Oats Kozhukattai Beans with Dumplings Beans with Dumplings Wonton Fries Wonton Fries & Soup
Modakachi Amti Modakachi Amti      
       


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