Thiruvatharai Special Kali

Ingredients:

• Raw Rice - 1 Cup (200g)
• Jaggery - 1 Cup ( if want more sweet add 1-1/4 Cup)
• Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
• Moong Dal - 1 tblspn
• Cashew - Few nos 
• Cardamon Powder - 1/2 tspn
• Ghee - 1 to 2 tablespoon
• Water - 3-1/2 Cups

Method:

• Fry the rice in empty pan until it turns light brown, cool it and broke into small pieces like sooji
• Fry the Cashew in ghee 
• Boil 2 cups of water and add this broken rice and mix well, when rice absorbs all water switch off the stove
• Then add 1/2 Cup of water to the rice mixture and cook in pressure cooker for 3 to 4 whistle
• Cook the moong dal till it becomes soft and keep it aside
• Heat jaggery in a kadai with little water, when it dissolves completely in water and becomes thick add the rice mixture, grated coconut, cardamon powder, ghee fried cashew , dal and mix well
• Keep the mixture for 5 to 10 mins in low flame
• Switch of the stove and serve the thiruvatharai special kali with kootu as side dish

For 7 veg kootu visit http://ananya-kitchens.blogspot.com/2012/01/thiruvatharai-special-7-veg-kootu.html

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