Thiruvadarai Kali And Kootu

Ingredients

Thiruvadarai Kali

1/2 cup rice

1/8 cup Moong Dal

1/4 cup Chana Dal

1/2 cup Jaggery

1/2 cup coconut

1/8 cup ghee

1 tablespoon powdered cardamom

Roasted cashewnuts

Thiruvadarai Kootu-

1/2 cup each of all vegetables -

quartered potatoes

stringed and chopped lengthwise beans

white pumpkin or Pooshnika (in Tamil) chopped into chunks

yellow pumpkin or the calabaza chopped into chunks

Brinjal or eggplant chopped

carrots chopped lengthwise

Peas - as much as you want

1/4 cup Tuvar Dal

A fistful of Chana Dal

1 tablespoon Turmeric

Lemon-sized ball of Tamarind

For the paste

10 pods Dried Red Chillies

Coriander seeds - a fistful

1/4 cup grated coconut

For the Tadka

1 teaspoon mustard

1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds or Menthya

3 pods red chillies

1/2 teaspoon Asafoetida

1 sprig of Curry leaves

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