Traditional Thiruvathirai Kali & 7 Curry Kuzhambu by Meenama! Interesting anecdotes too!

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Thiruvathirai Kali
Ingredients:
Raw Rice - 1 cup
Mung Dal - 1 tbsp
Grated coconut - cup
Jaggery - 1 cup
Water - 3 cups
Ghee - 3 tsp
Cardamom - 4
Cashews - as required
Method:
Grate jaggery and keep aside
Dry roast rice, dals and cardamom to a light pink colour
Grind the roasted ingredients to a coarse powder and keep aside
Boil 3 cups of water in a big pan
To the boiling water add the ground powder and keep stirring to avoid lumps to form a dough like consistency
Now add most of the grated coconut and mix well together
Now add the grated jaggery and mix together
Add the Ghee
Close with a lid and cook for a few mins over simmer flame
Meanwhile heat some ghee and fry cashews in it
Add the fried cashews to the Thiruvathirai Kali
7 Curry Kootu
Ingredients:
7 vegetables of choice - white pumpkin, sweet potato a must
Tur Dal - cup
Turmeric powder - tsp
Tamarind paste - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds - 2 tsps
Bengal Gram Dal - 2 tsps
Red chillies - 5
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Methi seeds - tsp
Curry leaves - as required
Asaefotida - tsp
Ghee - few tsps
Salt to taste
Method:
Chop vegetables roughly - steam and keep aside
Boil Tur Dal with turmeric powder and keep aside
Dry roast the coriander seeds, Bengal Gram Dal and red chillies
Add the grated coconut too at the end and lightly stir fry the coconut too
Grind to a paste adding some water and keep the paste aside
Now take a big pan and add the boiled Tur Dal to it
Now add the steamed vegetables and salt
Now add the ground paste and cook together
Add 1 tsp of tamarind paste and mix together we'll
Adjust the consistency by adding some water
Add asaefotida and cook together
Switch off the flame
Now heat ghee in a small pan
Splutter mustard seeds and methi seeds
Add the curry leaves
Now toss the tempering into the 7 Curry Kootu