Thiruvadirai Kali

In my nativity we used to prepare this kali for temple festival. It is very popular in village side. My mom used to make this quickly. Normally I am not showing interest to prepare this kind of sweet. But it is one of the favorite of my hubby.

                          

My mom prepared this for evening snack. Thiruvadirai is favored for Lord Shiva, on the day of Thiruvadirai star in Marghazhi.  

Ingredients

Raw Rice – 250 g

Moong Dal – 100 g

Jaggery – 250 g

Grated Coconut – 1 cup

Salt to taste

(To Temper)

Cashew Nuts – ½ cup

Dry Grapes – ¼ cup

Cardamom- 4

Ghee – 2 tsp

To Garnish

Sliced Plum - few

Method

In a kadai, add raw rice and saute it for 10 min on low flame. Then make it as coarse powder.

In the same pan, add moong dal and saute  it till it become slight brown in color.

In a bowl, bring 1 ltr of water to boil. Then add sauteed moong dal, salt, grated coconut, jaggery and mix well. Do the process until jaggery dissolved in water completely.

In that, add the coarse powder of raw rice, little bit little. Mix well. Make sure it should not have any lumps.

The rice powder should cooked well and add required ghee.

In a pan, heat 2 tsp of ghee. Add the tempering ingredients one by one and saute it for few seconds. 

And add these into kali. Garnish with sliced plum and serve hot.