#KaradaiyanNonbu is a festival of special moment to married women across South India. They worship Goddess Gowri and pray for longevity and well-being of husbands.Bhog is a special ada prepared out of riceflour, cowpea, jaggery and coconut. It is eaten with hot butter.”Ingredients for the Nombu Adai:Idiappam rice flour/Kozhukattai rice flour – 1 cupGrated jaggery – ½ cupCardamom powderGrated coconut – ¼ cupOil – as requiredGhee – as requiredMustard seeds – ½ tspAsafotida – ⅛ tspFinely chopped green chillies – ¼ tspBoiled black-eyed beans or Karamani – 2 tbspMethod:Dry roast the rice flour in a wide pan till it begins to get golden from the bottom of the kadai/pan – do not allow the entire flour to turn golden. Switch off the flameDivide the flour into two parts, one for the Vella Adai (Sweet) and the other Uppu Adai (savoury)Method for the Vella Adai:In a pan, add 1 ¼ cups of water and add the grated jaggeryKeep stirring till all the jaggery is dissolved in the water; cook for 2 more minutesThen, add ⅛ cup of grated coconut, 1 tbsp of boiled black-eyed beans and cardamom powderQuickly stir everything togetherNow add ½ cup of the roasted rice flour and briskly mix everything togetherKeep cooking till you get a roti-like dough consistencySwitch off the flame and allow it to come to room temperatureGrease your hands with ghee and shape the dough into equal-sized ballsPat each one into a thick Vada shape – make a dent at the centreMethod for the Uppu Adai:In a pan, add few tsps of oil and splutter mustard seedsThen, add the chopped green chillies and asafotida – over medium flameNow, add 1 cup of water and bring to a boilTo the boiling water, add the ⅛ cup of grated coconut, the boiled beans and saltBriskly mix everything togetherNow, add the ½ cup of rice flour and quickly cook everything together till a dough-like consistency comesSwitch off the flame and leave it to come to room temperatureGrease your hands with ghee and shape the dough into equal-sized ballsPat each one into a thick Vada shape – make a dent at the centreMethod to steam both the Nombu Adai:Heat an idli cooker or a pressure cookerGrease idli maker with gheePlace all the shaped Vella Adai and Uppu Adai in the slots of the Idli maker and steam for 10/15 minutesServe them as Prasad/Neivedyam with lots of butterVisit my blog for the detailed recipehttps://sujankitchen.wordpress.com/2018/03/13/nombu-adai/Please LIKE & SHARE & SUBSCRIBE to my channel.