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    Home » Desserts » Indian Dessert » Kheers & Kesari » Kuthiraivaali Kali – Thiruvathira kali using millet

    Kuthiraivaali Kali – Thiruvathira kali using millet

    Oct 12, 2020 · Modified: Jan 16, 2021 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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    Kuthiravaali kali, a sweet made of barnyard millet and moong dal, on the auspicious occassion of Thiruvathira Festival.

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    Kuthiravali kali

    What is Aarudra/Thiruvathira

    Thiruvathria, a shaivite festival celebrated on the full moon day in the month of margazhi(December-January). A festival, celebrated in Tamilnadu and Kerala with great significance. Aarudra/Thiruvadirai is the star of Lord shiva and Margazhi Thriuvadirai is celebrated as Aarudra Darisanam.  Arudra Darshan celebrates this ecstatic cosmic dance of Lord Shiva.

    The Food

    The traditional offering made on this day is Thiruvathira kali and 7-kari kootu. The Thiruvathira kali , made with rice and moong dal, sweetened with jaggery and served with a stew made of 7 different vegetables. One might wonder how a sweet is paired with a savory dish. Most of the traditional food prepared for festivals signifies the balance in life, sweet and savory are part of our lives, one should know to accept them for a balanced life.

    What is Barnyard Millet

    A tiny, round, white grain that grows in the hilly areas. Millets are great replacement for rice. And particularly barnyard millet and kodo millet taste very close and similar to broken rice. Food made with millets is considered to be low in calories, has a low GI and a great source of iron and dietary fibre.

    I personally prefers millets to rice as due to my health reasons. Almost all the rice-based dishes can be made with millets . You can see a wide variety of recipes in my page using millets here.

    How to make Kali

    To make this sweet mash, dry roast the millet in moong dal in a skillet. Add equal amoutns of milk and water and cook it soft. If you are vegan, avoid milk and cook it entirely with water.

    Kali using millets

    While the millets is cooking, melt jaggery in water, strain for purities and keep aside until use. When the millets are soft, add strained jaggery water, add coconut and cardamom powder and cook until all the liquid is absorbed. Add some roasted cashewnuts to this and take it off heat. Serve the delicious kali with 7-kari kootu.

    Kuthiravali Kali | Sweet dish made using millet

    Kuthiravaali kali, a sweet made of barnyard millet and moong dal, on the auspicious occassion of Thiruvathira Festival.
    4.50 from 2 votes
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    Course: Dessert, Festival, Traditional
    Cuisine: Indian, South-Indian
    Keyword: Arudhra kali, Barnyard millet recipe, Dessert using barnyard millet, Kali kootu, Kali using millet, Millet kali, Millet recipe, Sweet using millet, Thiruvathira kali
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Servings: 5
    Calories:

    Ingredients

    • ¾ cup kuthiravaalai/barnyard millet/jhangora you can replace it with any millet
    • 3 tablespoon moong dal
    • ¾ cup jaggery
    • ½ teaspoon cardamom powder
    • ¼ cup freshly grated coconut
    • 1 cup milk replace with plain water or coconut milk if vegan
    • 2 cups water
    • 2 tablespoon ghee used oil if vegan
    • 3 tbsp broken cashewnuts roasted

    Instructions

    • Take jaggery in pan, add about ¼ cup water and mix well. Cook in a medium flame for the jaggery to melt. Strain and keep aside until use. This is to remove the impurities in the jaggery, if you know the jaggery is organic and clean, then use it as such in the recipe.
    • In a hard-bottom, wide pan, take the millet and the dal together and dry roast it in a medium flame until they turn golden. Take care not to burn the ingredients. while the dal turn golden, the millet will turn a bit crisp.
    • Now to this roasted millet-dal mixture, add milk and water, cook in a medium flame for about 10-12 minutes. Millets cook very fast, so do not leave it unattended. Around the said time, millet would have absorbed all the liquid and cooked soft.
    • To this cooked mixture, add the strained jaggery water and mix well. Add coconut,ghee and cardamom powder and mix well. 
    • Let this again cook in a medium flame until the liquid is absorbed. Take it off the stove, add roasted cashewnuts and mix well.   Serve warm along with 7-Kari Kootu

    Disclaimer

    I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.

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    Serve this delicious kuthiravali kali with savory 7-kari kootu. Enjoy the combination of sweet and savory.

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    Comments

    1. Unknown

      January 06, 2015 at 4:15 am

      delicious and healthy kali!!! I also wanted to try millets for kali this time, but skipped it… yours is looking awesome!!

      Reply
    2. Lisa Turner

      February 03, 2015 at 4:58 pm

      Delicious treat. Love that you used millet. I always think it is an underappreciated grain. Thanks for sharing with MLLA. I'm a bit late, but the roundup will be up soon.

      Reply
      • Srinivasan

        December 30, 2020 at 3:32 pm

        5 stars
        Superb pictures and well explained as if you demonstrating the cooking itself. Looks very yummy and delicious and rich as well. The picture props are very relevant. Thank you for the post.

        Reply
    3. Naras

      December 30, 2020 at 2:41 pm

      4 stars
      nice share! Kali looks delicious. Love how you have used millets here, will definitely try this soon. thanks!

      Reply

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