Mahadeva's Bhaga Sasthra
67. Thiruvathirai Kali(Sweet)
Ingredients:
| Rice | -<br>1 padi |
|---|---|
| Pure Water | -<br>2 ½ padi |
| Fried Yellow Or Green Gram | –<br>veesam 1/16 padi |
| Chana Dal/Bengal Gram | -<br>veesam ½ padi |
| Grated Coconut | -<br>5 palam |
| Jaggery | -<br>½ veesam |
| Cashewnuts | -<br>5 palam |
| Cardamom Powder | -<br>½ r.e |
| Ghee | -<br>1/8 padi |
Method:
- 1. Clean the rice, fry it in a pan little by little until it is golden brown and make flour out of it. Boil pure water in a pot. Fry the whole moong dal and then split it to use it.
- 2. Add the fried moong dal and Bengal Gram to the boiling water. When it is half boiled, add grated coconut and jaggery to it. When the jaggery is dissolved, add the rice flour to it. Stir and close the lid.
- 3. After some time add cashewnuts, cardamom powder and ghee. Add it one by one to the kali. Keep it on slow fire for sometime and remove from fire.
- 4. You can soak the rice, grind it and then fry the ground flour to make this dish. If you want the kali to be dry, the water used to cook this should be less.
- 5. If you need the dish to be like a solid mass, the water has to be more.