Thiruvathirai Kali

Thiruvathirai kali is an authentic rice based sweet served along with kootu during the festival of Thiruvathirai.

Ingredients - Serves 4

• Rice - 1 cup
• Brown sugar - 3/4 cup (or jaggery)
• Cardamom - 2 nos
• Cashew nuts - 2 tbsp
• Grated coconut - 1 tbsp
• Ghee - 2 tbsp

Method

• Wash the rice and dry it by spreading on a kitchen towel (dry completely)
• Heat the pan with ghee, fry cashew nuts & keep it aside
• Heat the same pan and roast the dried rice to slight brown colour
• Remove from the pan and allow it to cool

• Grind rice into coarse powder in a mixer
• In a heavy bottomed pan add brown sugar and 2 1/2 cups of water
• Bring it to boil and add cardamom and coconut
• Slowly add the grounded rice & dhal to the boiling brown sugar and mix well
• Transfer the mixture to the pressure cooker pan and pressure cook it for 2 whistles
• Add roasted cashew nuts and mix well
• Serve with vegetable kootu

Nutritional Information

• Per serving = 275 calories approximately