Curd Rice & Karamani Sundal-Navarathiri-Day 3 Prasadham | Gayathiri's Cookbook

Navrathiri is a nine days festival dedicated to goddess Durga.During these 9 nights and 10 days, goddess Durga is worshipped in 9 different forms.Numerous rituals are followed during Navratri. These rituals vary from state to state and within a state region to region.During Navratri, various dolls are collected and displayed in multiple steps for public viewing. The displaying of dolls during "Golu festival" is so popular that it is also known as doll festival.

In South India, apart from public display of dolls, 9 days of Navratri are divided into three equal numbers of days. Goddess Durga as Kali is worshipped during the first 3 days of Navratri. After Goddess Durga, for next 3 days Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity is worshipped. During the last 3 day of Navratri Goddess Saraswati, the goddess of learning and knowledge is worshipped.
Each day of the festival stands for an auspicious colour, which is dedicated to all the avatars of the Goddess.

Navarathiri-Day 3 Prasadham
Curd Rice & Karamani Sundal

Ingredients for Curd rice:
Raw rice- 1 cup
Water- 2 cups
Milk- 1 cup
Butter- 1/2 tsp
Yogurt/curd-1/4 cup
Salt- As needed
Warm milk- 1 cup
Oil- 2 tsp
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Channadal- 1 tsp
Curry leaves- for garnishing

Directions for Curd rice:
1. Pressure cook 1 cup rice with 2 cups of water and 1 cup milk for upto 4 whistles.
2.Mash it well and prepare while it is hot.
3.Add 1/2 tsp butter, 1/4 cup yogurt, salt and 1 cup warm milk.Mix everything well
4. Heat 2 tsp oil. Add 1 tsp mustard seeds and 1 tsp channadal. Saute until dal turns golden brown.Finally add curry leaves and then mix it with curd rice.
5. You can add green chillies or mormilagai as well(optional).
Curd rice is ready!!

Ingredients for Karamani sundal:
Karamani(red chori)- 1 cup
Salt- 1 tsp
Oil- 2 tsp
Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
Grated ginger- 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves- for garnishing
shredded coconut- 1/4 cup
Green chillies- 2

Directions for karamani sundal:
1.Soak 1 cup karamani in water for 4-6 hours.Pressure cook soaked karamani with 1 tsp salt for upto 4 whistles. Strain the water and keep it aside.
2. Heat 2 tsp oil.Add 1/2 tsp mustard seeds, 1/2 tsp grated ginger, curry leaves, 1/4 cup shredded coconut and 2 red chillies. Saute for 2 minutes.
3.Then add cooked karamani and mix well. Switch off the heat.

Karamani sundal is ready!!