Ingredients

• 1 cup - ground rice powder or 2 cups of raw rice
• 1.5 cups - grated jaggery
• 1.5 cups - water
• 2 tbsp - moong dal
• 6 - cardamoms
• 4 tbsp - grated coconut
• 6 - cashew nuts
• 2 tbsp - ghee
• Salt, a pinch

How to Make Tiruvadirai Kali

• Put the raw rice in a kadai and fry until the rice becomes light red in colour.
• Grind the raw rice in a mixer to a rawa-like consistency. Take the contents in a bowl.
• Put the moong dal in the kadai and fry it till it becomes light red in colour and pour some water to cook the dal.
• Once the dal is almost cooked, pour the water, jaggery and a pinch of salt.
• When the jaggery mixture begins to boil, add the powdered rice and stir well to avoid lumps.
• Powder the cardamom and add it along with the grated coconut.
• Fry the cashews in ghee and add to the kali. Add the remaining ghee to the kali and stir it once.
• Delicious kali is ready for Thiruvadhirai.
• Recipe courtesy: Subbalakshmi Renganathan
• http://www.subbuskitchen.com/