Thiruvadirai Kali

        Today i am so excited to post this recipe because it's Wednesday - Blog Hop wednesday a very new event started by Radhika . I am so happy to participate in her great event with other blog hoppers.Thank you so much Radhika for giving us such an opportunity to get mingle with other bloggers n their recipes.As per the event,this wednesday i am paired with Shalini and i have to post a recipe from her space today.For the first time i am introduced to Shalini's space by Radhika. Sanctified spaces was a great and lovely blog,don't forget to visit her space.I choose Thiruvadirai Kali from her space.This is my first attempt and the result was too good.In her recipe she used tuvar dal but i dont have tuvar dal in hand,so i used moongdal.I never tried or tasted this authentic prasadham  and tried for the first time with her recipe.Kindly excuse me if i went wrong anywhere with the recipe.Here's the recipe..

Ingredients

1. Rice     1 cup(i used sona masoori)
2. Moongdal   2 tbsp
3. Jaggery   1 and 1/2 cup
4. Ghee    2-3 tbsp
5. Cardamom   4no.s(crushed)
6. Cashew nut    1 handful
7. Raisins    1 tbsp
8. Water  6 cups

Method

• Heat a pan and dry roast rice till golden brown and rind it to a coarse powder and keep aside.

• Roast moongdal and till light brown n keep aside.
• in a small bowl add 1/4 cup water n jaggery,let it melt completely and then filter the jaggery syrup n keep aside.

• Bring 6 cups of water to boil and add moongdal and cook till dal gets completely cooked and then add ground rice and keep stirring and cook in medium heat .

• Once the ground rice mixture gets cooked add the filtered jaggery syrup and keep stirring .
• Cook till raw smell of the jaggery leaves after that add 2 tbsp ghee and crushed cardamom mix everything well and keep stirring till the kali gets glossy texture and starts leaving the sides .

• Lastly add some ghee roasted nuts n raisins to the kali.
• Thats it delicious Thiruvadirai Kali is ready to offer God as a Neivedhiyam.

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