Aadi Koozh

This Chettinad special dessert aadi koozh/kool is made from dhal, rice, jaggery and ghee. It’s sure to melt in your mouth, especially when eaten straight off the stove!

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Aadi Koozh

This Chettinad special dessert is made from dhal, rice, jaggery and ghee. It's sure to melt in your mouth, especially when eaten straight off the stove!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Indian

Servings: 6

Ingredients

For aadi koozh flour:

• 2 cups urad dhal
• ¼ cup raw rice

For aadi koozh:

• 1 cup aadi koozh flour
• 1 cup jaggery and/or palm sugar (I used 2 palm sugar cubes and 1 jaggery cube)
• 3 cups water
• ½ cup ghee

Instructions

For aadi koozh flour

• Dry roast urad dhal until golden brown and aromatic. Set aside.
• Dry roast the raw rice and set aside.
• Using a blender, grind the raw rice and urad dhal into a fine powder.
• Sieve the flour for any lumps and store in an airtight container.

For aadi koozh:

• Melt palm sugar/jaggery in one cup of water. Once melted, filter to remove any impurities. Set aside.
• Add aadi koozh flour to a heavy bottom pan and dry roast for 1 minute.
• Then, add in the remaining water and mix well so there are no lumps.
• Add the melted palm sugar/jaggery to this and continue mixing, making sure no lumps form.
• Keep the pan on medium heat and add a little ghee at a time.
• Mix until the aadi koozh thickens and no longer sticks to the sides or bottom of the pan.
• Serve hot.