Red rice kozhukatta

Red parboiled rice is locally called matta rice or chuvanna ari or puzhukkalari. It has a red husk; the color on account of its anthocyanin content. It's the traditional rice cooked in most Kerala households. It is consumed on auspicious occasions too. Like in the chorunnu ceremony, when a baby starts eating solid food, the infant get's its first taste of the fluffy red rice. A Kerala sadya meal during wedding or festive functions is always served with this rice. 

The individual pieces of Mom's tempting kozhukattas are..

Red rice - 1 cup

Coconut - 1 small

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Douse the rice in water overnight. The next day, wash and clean it well. Draw off the water. Grind the rice into a powder. 

Grate the coconut. More the coconut, more the scrumptious the modak turns out. Grind grated coconut and cumin seeds. Add these along with salt to the rice powder and merge in a thorough manner. Prepare round shaped balls out of this and steam. What a toothsome morsel!