Thiruvadhirai kali

Ingredients

Raw Rice - 1 Cup
Grated Jaggery - 1 1/2 Cup
Water - 3 Cups
Moong dal - 2 tablespoons
Cardamom - 4
Grated Coconut - 4 tablepsoons
Cashews - 6
Ghee - 2 tablespoons
Salt a pinch

Method

Wash the raw rice in a water and rinse it. Fry the rinsed ricr until it becomes golden brown in colour.

Grind the Raw Rice in a mixer and the rice powder should be like sooji or rava. Take the contents in a bowl. Put the moongdhal in the kadaai and fry it till it becomes golden brown in colour.

Pour one cup of water to cook the dhal. It will take approximately 5 minutes to cook. The dhal need not to be cooked completely. It should be in half boiled consistency. If you take one of the dhal and press it with your fingers, then it should get smashed. This is the right consistency. While the dhal is getting cooked, you can prepare the jaggery juice in parallel.
Heat another pan, add water (till the jaggery immersed in the water completely) and add grated jaggery.

When the jaggery dissolves completely in water, strain it to remove dust and sand particles. Keep the strained jaggery juice in a separate bowl.

Once the dhal is almost cooked, pour two cups water, strained jaggery juice and a pinch of salt.

When the jaggery mixture begins to boil, add the powdered rice and stir well to avoid bumps.

Powder the cardamon and add it along with the grated coconut.

Fry the cashews in the ghee and add to the kali. Add the remaining ghee to the kali and stir it well.

Keep the flame low and allow it to cook in low flame for 5 minutes and then remove from the flame.


Yummy thiruvadhirai kali is ready.