• In a pan add water and add the sesame oil also.
• If using rice flour add salt, since I used the idiyappam flour I didn’t add salt.
• When the water starts boiling, keep the flame to medium and add the flour to this and stir continuously for a minute, without any lumps.
• Put off the flame and when it is warm roll it with your hands to form a nice dough.
• Cover it with a damp cloth.

To make poornam:

• Add the coconut, jaggery, and ghee in the pan and stir it continuously.
• After 2-3 minutes this will form a thick mixture.
• If you feel that this is slightly loose, just add 1 tsp of rice flour to this and mix well.
• Add cardamom powder and mix well. Switch off the flame.
• When it is cool make it into small balls.
• Make the dough into lemon sized balls.
• Take a dough ball.
• With your fingers make a small cup out of it and place the poornam.
• Close this and make it into a modak shape.
• Do the same for the rest of the dough.
• Grease an idli pan, and place the kozhukattais/modakams in this and steam it for 10 minutes on medium flame.
• When it is done allow it to cool for 2 minutes. Otherwise it will break if you take it when it is hot.
• Kozhukattais are ready for neivedhyam.