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Thiruvathirai Kali

Abhipriya Raghav
Thiruvathirai Kali is an offering made to Lord Shiva on Aarudhra Dharisanam or the Thiruvathirai festival day.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup raw rice
  • 1/2 heaped cup of grated coconut
  • 120 grams jaggery
  • 3 pods of cardamom
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tbsp ghee

Instructions
 

  • Assemble all the ingredients required for making the kali.
  • Place a kadai on high flame. Once the kadai is hot, reduce the flame and dry roast the raw rice by stirring continuously.
  • Roast it till it becomes golden brown in color and transfer it to a plate to cool down completely.
  • Meanwhile, add the jaggery and water to the same kadai and melt the jaggery in a low flame.
  • Stir in between to make sure the jaggery is completely melted.
  • Now filter the melted jaggery to remove any dust particles.
  • The roasted rice will be completely cooled by now. Transfer it to a mixer grinder along with the cardamom and grind it to a coarse powder.
  • Transfer the powder to a bowl.
  • Now, pour the filtered jaggery syrup into a kadai and place it on the fame and boil it till you see bubbles.
  • Now, reduce the flame and add the ground powder to the boiling jaggery syrup.
  • Stir continuously to avoid any lumps.
  • The ground rice powder then starts to thicken. At this stage when all moisture is absorbed as shown in the picture, add the grated coconut and mix thoroughly with the other contents in the kadai.
  • When the coconut is evenly mixed, add ghee to it and stir well.
  • Transfer to a bowl and you can also serve it with some ghee on top.

Notes

  • Do not leave the kadai unattended while roasting the rice as it might get burnt.
  • Evenly roast the rice to a golden brown color.
  • While melting the jaggery, make sure to stir in between to avoid clumps.
  • Instead of cardamom pods, you can also add cardamom powder.
  • You can also dry roast the grated coconut before adding it.
  • Increase or decrease the amount of ghee as per taste. I added 1.5 tbsp ghee initially and half tbsp later while serving.
Keyword kali, offering, south Indian, sweet, Thiruvathirai