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Thiruvathirai kali recipe and Ezhukari Kootu

January 6, 2012 by PadhuSankar 61 Comments

Thirivadirai is auspicious for Lord Shiva and falls in the month of Marghazhi. It is on the 8th of January this year(2012). Thiruvathirai kali and Ezhukari Kootu are prepared on this day. Today we will learn how to make Thiruvathirai kali and Ezhukari Kootu/thalagam following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

Thiruvathirai kali recipe and Ezhukari Kootu

Thiruvathirai Kali-Ezhukari Kootu


Thiruvathirai Kali-Ezhukari Kootu

 Prep Time : 20 mins

 Cook Time : 30 mins 
 Serves: 4
 Recipe Category: Festival Recipes
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   For Thiruvathirai kali

   Raw rice – 1 cup
   Jaggery – 1 1/2 cup heaped
   Grated coconut -3/4 cup loosely packed
   Ghee – 1/4 cup
   Cashew nuts – 5-6
   Cardamom – 1/4 tsp

   For Ezhukari Kootu

   Mixed vegetables* – 4 – 4 1/2 cups
   Field Beans (Mochai) – 1/4 cup
   Tur dal – 1/3 cup
   Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
   Tamarind – small gooseberry size ball
   Salt needed

   Fry and grind

   Coriander seeds – 1 1/2 tsp
   Bengal gram/kadalai paruppu – 1 1/2 tsp
   Red chilli – 5-6
   Raw Rice – 1/2 tsp
   Coconut (grated ) -1/4 cup

   For the seasoning

   Oil – 2 tsp
   Hing/asafoetida – a pinch
   Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
   Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 tsp
   Red chilli – 1
   Curry leaves – a sprig

   For Garnishing

   Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp finely chopped

Preparations For Kali


Dry roast rice on low heat in a pan/kadai till it turns light golden brown in color.

Dry grind the rice coarsely like rava. Keep it aside.

preparations for Thiruvathirai kali

Heat 2 1/2 cups of water, dissolve jaggery in it and filter it to remove impurities.

Method


Take a pan/kadai, add the filtered jaggery water and bring it to boil.

When it start boiling, reduce the heat to low, add grated coconut and mix well.

how to make kali

Then add rice rava with one hand and stir continuously with your other hand to prevent formation of lumps.

Tiruvathirai kali recipe

Add 2 tsp of ghee, mix well and cook on low heat for a few seconds until it slightly thickens.

Transfer it to a vessel and pressure cook for 3 whistles.

how to make Thiruvathirai kali

Once the pressure subsides, open the cooker.

how to prepare Thiruvathirai kali

Heat remaining ghee in a pan and saute cashew nuts until golden brown. Add cardamom powder and the cashew nuts along with the ghee when the kali is hot.

Mix well and enjoy. Thiruvathirai kali is ready. Serve hot with Ezhukari Kootu/thalagam (recipe below).

Easy kali recipe

Note – 1 1/2 cup jaggery was just perfect for my family, if you want more sweetness, increase the quantity of jaggery.

Ezhukari Kootu-Thalagam Recipe (Serves 4-5)


This kootu is called Ezhukari Kootu as it must have a minimum of 7 vegetables out of which mochai, pumpkin and ash gourd are very important for this kootu.

Preparation


Wash and cut all the vegetable into medium sized cubes.Vegetables* I used are Carrot,Broad beans (avarakkai), Pumpkin (parangikkai),Beans, Chow chow (chayote), Cluster beans (kothavarangai), Ashgourd (poosanikkai), Brinjal, Potato and also 1/4 cup of mochai (field beans).

vegetables for ezhukari kootu

Pressure cook dal with turmeric powder for 3 whistles or until soft. Keep the mochai also is a small cup and pressure cook with  a little salt along with dal as you see in the picture below.

pressure cooked mochai and dal

Soak tamarind in warm water for 20 minutes, extract its juice and discard the pulp.

preparation for kootu

Heat a tsp of oil and fry coriander seeds, bengal gram (chana dal), raw rice and red chillies. When dal turns golden brown, add coconut and saute for a few more minutes.

Switch off the heat. Once it cools, grind it to a fine paste adding little water.

tamarind extract and ground paste

Cook both pumpkin and ash gourd separately in a little water until soft.

Par boil the rest of the vegetables with needed water and little salt. You can also pressure cook for 1 whistle. But slowly and steadily (be very careful) release the pressure after one whistle otherwise the vegetables will get overcooked. If you are new to using pressure cooker, I suggest that you par boil the vegetables in a pan, to be on the safer side.

easy thalagam recipe

Method


Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add fenugreek seeds, red chilli, hing and curry leaves.

Then add the par boiled vegetables (excluding pumpkin and ash gourd), salt needed and tamarind water. Cook on medium heat until the raw smell of the tamarind goes.

how to make ezhukari kootu

Then add the ground paste, cooked dal, cooked mochai, cooked ashgourd and pumpkin.

ezhukari kootu recipe for Thiruvathirai

Add 1/2 cup of water and cook on low heat for 10 minutes until everything gets incorporated well. Stir in between to prevent dal from sticking to the bottom of the pan. Check for salt.

thalagam kootu

Turn off the heat and garnish with coriander leaves.(The consistency should neither be watery nor too thick).

Serve hot Ezhukari Kootu with kali.

Enjoy preparing kali and this healthy kootu for this Thiruvathirai.

Thiruvathirai kali recipe and kootu
Note – Due to requests from readers, this post has been updated with step wise pictures.

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. simply.food

    January 6, 2012 at 8:17 am

    Sweet with savory perfect combo.

    Reply
  2. Kalpana Sareesh

    January 6, 2012 at 8:28 am

    yummy dishes.. koottu is so inviting..

    Reply
  3. Kaveri

    January 6, 2012 at 8:30 am

    Yummy Kali and Thalagam..We don't add tamarind to the veggies and make it more like a kootu. Like your version of Kali..

    Reply
  4. Vimitha Anand

    January 6, 2012 at 9:06 am

    Nice traditional and yummy dishes dear. Thanks for sharing

    Reply
  5. divya

    January 6, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    wat a fantastic recipe…absolute delicious dish..:)

    Reply
  6. Chokkanathan

    January 6, 2012 at 1:46 pm

    Can u please give me the recipe for vadakari

    Reply
  7. Divya Shankar

    January 6, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    Prompt addition before the festival 🙂 Love to see you taking efforts and posting such useful and timely info on your blog. Happy Thiruvaadhirai 🙂

    Reply
  8. faseela

    January 6, 2012 at 2:56 pm

    Awesome traditional recipe

    Reply
  9. Aarthi

    January 6, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    This looks yummy..You have made it awesome.

    Aarthi
    http://yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  10. Anisha

    January 6, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    Authentic and traditional recipe on time… All this is very new to me but great to know!

    Reply
  11. Anu

    January 6, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    looks delicious.

    Reply
  12. மகி

    January 6, 2012 at 4:05 pm

    nice recipes..both looks delicious! 😛
    Happy Thiruvathirai!

    Reply
  13. Rachana

    January 6, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    A very delicious and tempting combination.

    Reply
  14. Maayeka

    January 7, 2012 at 10:03 am

    Authentic ,healthy and delicious…well timed post!!

    Reply
  15. Prathima Rao

    January 7, 2012 at 2:41 pm

    A nice authentic & yummy recipe!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

    Reply
  16. ravi

    January 7, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    very good kali and kootu preparetion

    Reply
  17. kanspace

    January 7, 2012 at 4:42 pm

    Thank you

    Reply
  18. PrathibhaSreejith

    January 7, 2012 at 9:36 pm

    Perfect post at the right time 🙂 Both dish looks great..

    Reply
  19. Magic of Spice

    January 8, 2012 at 12:53 am

    They both sound wonderfully delicious!

    Reply
  20. Kalyani's Platter

    January 8, 2012 at 4:09 am

    looks delicious and tempting clicks ….

    Reply
  21. Nisha

    January 8, 2012 at 6:27 am

    Nice traditional preparation

    Reply
  22. Anandhi G.

    January 8, 2012 at 11:40 am

    Hi Padhu,

    We tried as per your recipe and both came out very well… Thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
  23. Unknown

    February 21, 2012 at 2:25 am

    I tried your recipe and it was fantastic. My husvand's a tamilian so I have never done anything like this before. I was kinda confused though while reading if you meant cook the rava in Jaggery water.. I was nervous to put Jaggery water in cooker so called my mother in law :))
    But yeah, the recipe was really bang on. We all loved it including our 16mo old daughter. So, thank you!

    Reply
  24. vijaya

    December 7, 2013 at 3:01 pm

    arrey very good typical kerala iyer receipe good all loved it thank u so much

    Reply
  25. SASIKALA SUGAVANAM

    December 12, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    Thank you padhu for posting on time so that all of us have enough time to read, try, and relish it! I am a great fan of your blog. With two daughters married and settled abroad when they have any confusion I tell them to check out on your blog for accuracy. God bless you my dear,!

    Reply
  26. ammu's Mom

    December 18, 2013 at 3:24 am

    This is my first time of doing thiruvathira. Your recipie was a guide tome. Came out very well thanks

    Reply
  27. Anu

    December 18, 2013 at 4:16 am

    Hi Padhu,

    I tried your kali receipe … for the first time and came out very well.

    Thanks for sharing such traditional receipe.

    Great work… Padhu.

    Reply
  28. vijaya

    December 18, 2013 at 6:36 am

    I tried your kali receipe today and it came out very very well, in fact all these years I was doing it like suji halwa that is i used to cook it like upma, i was a little hesitant to try this but it came out very well thank u so much
    I tried doing the salt preparation also in cooker both came out very well thanku once again

    Reply
  29. Unknown

    December 25, 2015 at 2:50 pm

    Thanks a lot for the recipe. It made todays's Thruvathirai wonderful.

    Reply
  30. SriHari

    December 26, 2015 at 6:24 am

    Mouth melting receipy

    Reply
  31. Gayathri Iyer

    December 26, 2015 at 3:16 pm

    Thanks for the recipe, this is the first ever to make kali & kootu

    Reply
  32. Mohana priya

    October 18, 2016 at 3:53 pm

    Wow. Looks amazing to have it right away. Going to prepare it for my hubby this weekend to delight him..

    Reply
  33. Preethi

    January 10, 2017 at 9:33 am

    Can I prepare it straight in pressure pan instead of keeping a vessel inside?

    Reply
  34. Saaru

    January 10, 2017 at 1:41 pm

    No need of moong dhal…?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      January 12, 2017 at 6:31 am

      @Preethi – You can keep it straight in the pressure pan, but take care not to burn it. In that case, you do not have to pressure cook for 3 whistles. One whistle might be sufficient. It depends on the quality of rice.
      @Saaru -Moong dal is not needed.

      Reply
    • Preethi

      January 17, 2017 at 9:23 am

      Thank you podhu. This thiruvadhirai I followed your method & quantity religiously and it tasted just perfect. As you warned the Kali got burnt a little in bottom and will have to be double careful next time. This method is simpler than my mom's – she used to cook the rawa separately and cook it again in jaggery syrup , tedious it used to be. Thanks.

      Reply
  35. Sudha Jayagopal

    January 10, 2017 at 3:52 pm

    Thank you for your timely recipes. Just for your info, in the mixed veg koottu, we don't use your dal as per our house tradition. We instead use more coconut. Besides the ingredients used for wet grinding, my grandmom would use a TSP of white til, jeera & mustard seeds, dry roast them in a pan, powder it & add it towards the end. It gives a unique talaga kozhambu flavour. Just sharing for its novelty.

    Reply
  36. HK

    January 11, 2017 at 3:30 am

    Thanks for the recipe Padhu!! Followed it to the hilt today, 11th Jan 2017. 🙂

    Kali probably needed a bit more water in my case since some water had evaporated while boiling jaggery.

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      January 12, 2017 at 6:28 am

      It depends on the quality of rice.Some rice variety may need more water.

      Reply
  37. Chitra Sankarlingam

    January 11, 2017 at 3:57 am

    Today I made kali and thalagam as per your recipe. Turned out Perfect. Thank you so much. May God bless you.

    Reply
  38. Unknown

    January 11, 2017 at 4:02 pm

    i follow many of your recipes. Today 11.1.2017 for arudhra i followed your recipe it came awesomely good.. thanks

    Reply
  39. Unknown

    January 12, 2017 at 2:38 am

    the kali came out better when i pressure cooked the broken rice separtely and then mixed the pressure cooked broken rice with the jaggery solution and pressure cooked it once more.

    Reply
  40. Chitra Sankarlingam

    January 12, 2017 at 12:42 pm

    Your recipe was superb! It turned out Perfect this Thiruvadirai. Thank you so much. May God bless you. (Will try out your sakkarai pongal recipe as well.☺️

    Reply
  41. thanuja

    December 30, 2017 at 4:57 pm

    if I want to use a vessel in the pressure cooker, what do I do? Do I put water in the pressure cooker? Then leave the vessel inside? Could you help?

    Reply
  42. thanuja

    December 30, 2017 at 4:57 pm

    if I want to use a vessel in the pressure cooker, what do I do? Do I put water in the pressure cooker? Then leave the vessel inside? Could you help?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      December 31, 2017 at 8:32 am

      Yes, you have to pour 2- 2 1/2 cups of water (depending upon the size of the cooker. I have mentioned for pressure pan) inside the cooker and then keep the vessel inside.

      Reply
  43. DHAANYASHRI RAMKUMAR

    January 2, 2018 at 7:02 am

    Nicely explained

    Reply
  44. Aparna

    January 2, 2018 at 8:04 am

    Tried your recipe today and it turned out great. Thanks!!

    Reply
  45. Deepa

    January 6, 2018 at 7:53 pm

    I call mom and get all my recipes.
    On top of what I noted from mom, I used this as a quick reference and helped a lot!! Thank you! ��

    Reply
  46. kavitha angarayan

    January 12, 2018 at 11:57 am

    Super

    Reply
  47. Vijju Raj

    December 20, 2018 at 5:04 pm

    Wonderful and detailed presentation with pictures. Thanks for all your efforts

    Reply
  48. Saradha

    December 23, 2018 at 7:13 pm

    I tried your recipe today 12/23/18 for Thiruvathirai. Simply awesome! Thank you for the recipes 🙂

    Reply
  49. Unknown

    December 24, 2018 at 4:52 am

    Thanku padhu.made a good kali out of ur
    recipe

    Reply
  50. Unknown

    December 24, 2018 at 1:05 pm

    Superb kali recipe. Thanks.

    Reply
  51. Jaya kannan

    December 25, 2018 at 1:49 am

    I made in d similar way but rice was not fully cooked even after keeping iin cooker. What would've gone wrong?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      December 25, 2018 at 8:52 am

      May be the quality of rice. Cook for another 2-3 whistles. Then it will get cooked. Otherwise, you can cook rice rava separately and then add to the jaggery syrup. But I am following this method for years. At times the rice needs more whistles to get cooked well.

      Reply
  52. Meera

    January 14, 2020 at 6:45 pm

    Hello Padhu.. This recipe is awesome. My mother in law does it in the same fashion but I somehow missed the recipe. Thank you for posting it and it came out awesome. We make it for Aarudra and Thai Pongal day. Keep up the great work.

    Reply
  53. Jaya

    December 29, 2020 at 2:37 pm

    Super easy you have made it

    Reply
  54. Poorani Kumar

    December 29, 2020 at 4:44 pm

    Wow super ma. Really very useful receipe at this time. Thank you so much

    Reply
  55. Priya Ravi

    January 6, 2023 at 3:11 am

    Simply spot on flavours!!
    I have been making this preparation for the last 37 years since I got married ..
    Used to always be stressed and praying the flavours come right…
    Your recipe was perfect and enjoyed making this ..
    thank you

    Reply
  56. Latha

    January 6, 2023 at 7:59 am

    Tried this recipe today and both the dishes came out perfectly delicious. Thank you Padhu

    Reply

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