The festival of Thrivadhirai is well known for a special sweet called as ‘kali’ and a multi-vegetable dish ‘ thalakam’, which are prepared to celebrate the joyous occasion. Lord Nataraja is seen dancing, completely mesmerizing his devotees. The Lord is then brought on a grand procession around the Mada veedhis. Check her to know more about the thiruvadirai festival /arudhra darshanam

And here is the recipe to the mouth-watering Thiruvadirai kali.

Procedure

• Wash the raw rice and dry roast in in a pan to reddish brown do not burn it.
• Soak the moon dal in water for 15 mins and boil them in open vessel until it becomes soft.
• In a pressure cooker or open vessel mix jaggery and water . After the jiggery melt filter it to remove impurities.
• Meantime grind the roasted rice to semolina (rava) consistency.
• Now mix the ground rice and moong dal with the jiggery water and pressure cook or cook in open vessel for about 2 or 3 whistles or like we do for Rava upma.
• Roast nuts in ghee, add cardomon powder and grated coconut in the cooked mixture.
• The thiruvadirai kali is ready for neivedhya.

Alternatives

Instead of soaking the Moong dal and boiling it you can dry roast it like the rice and give it a pulse in the mixer and then add it with the rice in the jaggery water to cook. People who like a crunchy consistency kali can try this.