Recipe Highlights
Moong dal sundal is one of the best evening snack. Good for health.

Ingredients	Cooking Time : 30 Mins
Ingredients Moongdal – 1 cup Water – as needed Salt – to taste	To Temper Oil – 1 teaspoon Mustard and Urad dal – 1 teaspoon Redchilli – 2 Curry leaves – 1 sprig Shredded coconut – 2 teaspoon (optional)

Method
Step :1 Soak the moong dal for 2 hours.Cook it in a pressure cooker for 2 to 3 whistles.Drain the excess water.
Step 2: Heat oil in a pan add mustard and urad dal and when it started crackling add redchilli and curry leaves.Add the cooked moong dal and salt in it in a low flame for 5 minutes.
Step 3: Finally add the shredded coconut in it and mix it well.

Moong dal is now ready to serve.

Recipe Highlights
Mothagam is made for Ganesh Chaturthi.The sweet filling inside a modak is made up of fresh grated coconut and jaggery.Lets see how to make this sweet kozhukattai.

Ingredients	Cooking Time : 45 Mins
Rice flour – 1 cup Sesame oil – 1  teaspoon Water – as needed Salt – as needed	For Coconut pooranam Coconut – 1 cup Jaggery – 1 cup Ghee – 1 teaspoon Water – less than 1/2 cup Cardamom powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Method
Step :1 Grate the coconut.Add jaggery with water, after jaggery gets dissolved switch off the flame and drain the jaggery water with tea strainer.
Step 2: Now heat the jaggery water,when it comes to boil add the coconut, cardamom powder and ghee.Mix it well in a medium flame for 5 minutes till it becomes thick. Switch off the flame.Allow it cool and make small balls.
Step 3: For Dough Bring water to boil with a teaspoon of oil and salt.Add it to the flour and make a soft dough.Make equal size balls.
Step 4: Apply oil in your palm.Make small cups ,fill it with coconut pooranam and close it and press to make the shape as shown in figure.
Step 5: Repeat the same procedure for remaining balls.
Step 6: Steam this Kozhukaatai in a steamer.cook this for 5 to 10 minutes

Mothagam / Sweet Kozhukattai is now ready to taste.