Vidhu's kitchen: Thiruvathirai Kali

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Thiruvathirai Kali



Ingredients

Raw Rice    - 1 cup
Moong Dal   - 1/4 cup
Jaggery powdered   - 1 1/2 cups
Water          - 2 1/2 cups
Coconut        - 1/2 cup
Ghee            - 2 tbsp
Cashewnut
Cardamom 

Method

Roast rice and moong dal separately & grind both together in mixi to a coarse powder
Dissolve jaggery in 2 1/2 cups of water & strain.
Take a cooker vessel ,add jaggery water, coconut and 1tsp ghee & let it boil.
Then slowly add rice-dal powder, close the cooker lid and  wait for 2 whistles, then switch off the flame.
Fry cashews in rest of the ghee, add cardamom powder,mix well & serve with Thiruvathirai Special Kootu.

6 comments:

SathyaSridhar said...

Vidhya, my faaav thiruvathirai kali dear my amma use to make on festival times looks delicious dear.

SathyaSridhar said...

Vidhya, my faaav thiruvathirai kali dear my amma use to make on festival times looks delicious dear.

Mrudula Rao said...

Hi SriVidhya,

Just stumbled upon ur blog while searching for something and it is really nice blog... :-)Will keep visiting from now on.. ;)

Few more article requests from my side.. 1] Please post on how can we make ghee at home through cheese. [2] Please explain step by step procedure on usage of microwave oven...

Hope i m not troubling u...

Thanks in advance,
Mrudula Rao

Kalyani and Gayatri said...

Using pressure cooker is a nice idea. Will try it this thiruvadharai.

Ganga Sreekanth said...

new to me. . .will try

Swathi said...

I have to make tomorrow, Vidya, kali looks delicious.