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    Home » Desserts » Traditional Dessert » Thiruvadirai Kali | How to make Kali in Cooker

    Thiruvadirai Kali | How to make Kali in Cooker

    Oct 20, 2020 · Modified: May 21, 2021 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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    Thiruvadirai Kali, a traditional dish made with rice & dal, during the festival of thiruvadira. A festival celebrated in glory of Lord Shiva in the southern state of Tamilnadu and Kerala.

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    What is Aarudra/Thiruvathira

    Thiruvadirai is the star of Lord shiva. Margazhi Thiruvadirai, a fesival celebrated on the full moon day, also called as Aarudra Darisanam.  The festival celebrates the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva.

    kali and kootu

    The Food

    The traditional offering made on this day is called Thiruvathira kali and 7-kari kootu. The Thiruvathira kali , made with rice and moong dal, is sweetened with jaggery . The kali is then served with a stew made of 7 different vegetables, 7-kari kootu. One of the festivals where we offer a sweet paired with savory side, signifying life is a balance of all tastes.

    If you are looking for a kali recipe with millets, an alternate grain to rice, check this Kuthiravali kali recipe, made with barnyard millet and moong dal.

    How to make Kali

    Start by dry roasting rice and moong dal and pulsling it to a coarse mix. This mix of rice and dal, then cooked in jaggery water until soft. Add cardamom powder and finish it with a generous addtion of roasted cashewnuts.

    Thiruvadirai kali making process

    Thiruvadirai Kali | How to make kali in cooker

    Thiruvadirai Kali, a traditional dish made with rice & dal, during the festival of thiruvadira.
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    Course: Dessert, Festival, Traditional
    Cuisine: Indian, South-Indian
    Keyword: Aarudra darisanam recipe, Aarudra kali, Festival offering, Kali recipe, Rice and dal dessert, Thiruvathira kali, Traditional recipe
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories:

    Equipment

    • Pressure cooker

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup rice i use sona masuri/ raw
    • 1 tablespoon moong dal
    • 1 cup grated jaggery
    • 4-5 pods cardamom, seeds alone crushed
    • 3 tablespoon cashewnuts
    • 1 tablespoon ghee for roasting cashews, use oil for vegan

    Instructions

    • In a pressure cooker,  dry roast the rice until it turns reddish brown. Take care not to burn, keep the flame low and roast it. Take it off the flame. Let it cool. 
    • In the same cooker, dry roast the moong dal also to golden brown. Let it cool. Take both rice and dal in a mixer and grind it little coarse powder.
    • In the cooker, add the grated jaggery and 2.5 cups of water, let it boil and jaggery melt. Take it off the flame and strain for impurities. 
    • Take the strained jaggery syrup back to stove in the cooker, when measured it was 2 cups, now add another 1 cup of water and crushed cardamom to this.
    • When the mixture starts boiling, add the coarsely ground rice-dal mixture, mix well. Add a tablespoon of ghee to this, mix well. Close the cooker, put the whistle on.
    • Pressure cook in a medium flame for 3 whistles. Let the pressure release on it own.
    • Remove the whistle and mix well, garnish withroasted cashew-nuts. Serve it along 7-Kari Kootu

    Serve this traditional thiruvadirai kali warm, with 7-kari kootu, a tangy stew made of mixed vegatables and beans. Enjoy the flavors of sweet and savory in your palate.

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    Comments

    1. Nalini's Kitchen

      December 19, 2013 at 1:50 am

      Nice kootu recipe,sounds interesting and flavorful.We do make this for Thiruvadirai slightly different with moong dhal.Kali and kootu is such a wonderful combo,I can feel the taste and flavor from your clicks…

      Reply
    2. kitchen queen

      December 19, 2013 at 6:25 am

      super delish and tempting kootu.

      Reply
    3. Srivalli

      December 19, 2013 at 5:22 pm

      Such beautiful pictures and nice reading about our poojas..

      Reply
    4. Chef Mireille

      December 20, 2013 at 12:39 am

      both dishes look amazing – love all the veggies in the kootu

      Reply
    5. Unknown

      December 20, 2013 at 1:04 am

      kali and kootu looks so delicious and yummy !! very nice clicks 🙂 very nice pressure cooker recipe !!

      Reply
    6. Harini R

      December 23, 2013 at 8:38 pm

      Wow! love the first picture with the smoke from the incense stick…very nice traditional dishes!

      Reply
    7. Suma Gandlur

      December 23, 2013 at 10:56 pm

      Love both the traditional dishes served in traditional brass dishes.
      Can we substitute rice rava in the dish?

      Reply
    8. Archana

      December 29, 2013 at 1:29 pm

      Both Kali and Kootu look delicious. I loved the vessels in which you have served them.

      Reply
    9. Pavani

      January 02, 2014 at 2:33 am

      Both the dishes sound delicious. Very traditional.

      Reply
    10. My Culinary Journey

      January 09, 2020 at 11:53 am

      Loved the description about Lord Shiva's dance. The traditional recipes kali and kootu look so good and i can feel the aroma reading your lovely recipes.
      Wonderful share.

      Reply
    11. Vandana

      January 10, 2020 at 1:55 pm

      The dish looks delicious. Love the lord Shiva story. Will try it on Shivratri.

      Reply
    12. Mayuri Patel

      January 11, 2020 at 12:08 pm

      Priya, knowledge about this tradition is so enlightening. I just love how we learn so much from each other. Coming to the both the sweet and savoury offering, both look so tempting.

      Reply
    13. Indfused

      January 11, 2020 at 9:14 pm

      This is indeed a treat Priya. Loved reading your post and reading the recipes, I can almost smell the aroma of these wonderful traditional recipes.

      Reply
    14. Bless My Food by PAYAL

      January 14, 2020 at 5:39 pm

      Both are looking & sounding delicious but as sweets/desserts are my weakness, I was wondered to see such a delicious and easy recipe of Thiruvadirai Kali. Would love to try it sometime.

      Reply
    15. Jagruti's Cooking Odyssey

      January 16, 2020 at 2:56 pm

      I have not tried many south Indian style sweets or desserts, but this simple and delicious looking dish is so tempting. I love it's colour and texture.

      Reply
    16. Padma

      January 16, 2020 at 5:35 pm

      Both the dishes look super tempting and delicious…Love such traditional recipes!! I can imagine the flavours and I'm sure they must have tasted out of the world!!

      Reply
    17. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

      January 17, 2020 at 4:03 am

      I have fond memories of my mother every time I make this kali or even read about it. She made the best Tiruvadharai kali and I make it often now to keep her kai manam alive. Looks lovely and such a festive presentation.

      Reply
    18. jayashree

      January 17, 2020 at 7:01 am

      Looks flavoursome with all those spices. This sweet is often made at home and it tastes good with jaggery.

      Reply
    19. Lathiya

      January 23, 2020 at 9:08 pm

      This is the classic recipe and reminds me my childhood days. The thiruvathira kali looks delicious.

      Reply

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