Thiruvadhirai Kali

THIRUVATHIRAI  KALI

Raw rice  – 1 cup

Red gram  / Tur Dal  – 2  tbsp

Cardamom   –  4 ( powder it )

Water  – 2 + ½ cup

Cashew nuts   – 10 

Ghee  – 2 tbsp.

Grated Coconut  – 1/2 cup

Grated jaggery   – 1 + ¼ cup

Soak dal for half an hour. Grate Coconut.

Dry roast the rice in the hot pan till it puffs up slightly.

Grind the rice in the mixie , coarsely to get Rawa like consistency.

In water heat jaggery and when it dissolves completely , filter it to remove impurities.

Add jaggery syrup + ground rice powder + coconut  + Tur  dal and cook for 5 whistles in a cooker using inner vessel.

Fry cashews in ghee, till it becomes golden in colour and remove from flame. And cardamom powder when the ghee is still hot and mix nicely with cooked Kali.

Yummy Kali is ready to serve.
 

Serve Hot Kali with 7 Curry Kootu.

·       We can also cook Kali in Vengala panai ( Bronze Pot ) like open pot cooking . Colour of the Kali depends on the colour of Jaggery used.