Karadayan Nombu Adai

iNombu Adai

Karadayan Nombu : (March 14th) Karadayan nombu is a religious function observed by women in memory of Savithri who saved her husband Satyavan from the clutches of God of death-Yama. This special Adai is made and offered to God on this day (March 14th) 

Ingredients

• Fried rice flour................2cups
• Powdered jaggery..........2cups
• Water .......................... 2cups
• Coconut pieces..............quarter cup
• Cardamom powder........1 tsp
• Karamani payaru
• (Lobhiya in Hindi
• and small brown beans ), ........quarter cup

Roasted rice Flour, Karamani and coconut flakes

Method

Nombu Adai

• Cook the payaru in cooker
• Fry the rice powder. Add water , jaggery mix well and boil.
• Strain the jaggery syrup . 
• When it boiled add cooked beans, coconut rice flour and cardamom powder. 
• See that it does not form lumps.
• Take little oil or ghee grease the idli vessel. 
• Take a lemon size dough and flatten in a round shape and make a hole in the centre. 
• Steam them for about 10 minutes. Eat them with butter.

Kara Adai(salt Adai)

Ingredients

• Fried rice flour................ ........2 cups
• Cooked small kidney beans.... 1/4cup
• Pieces of coconut................... 1/4 cup
• Water......................................2 cups
• Hing....................................... a pinch
• Water..................................... 2cups

Seasoning

• Mustard ........ ........................1 tsp
• Urad dhal............................... 2 tsp
• Green chillies........................... 3
• Chopped.ginger....................... 1 tsp
• Curry leaves.............................few
• Red chilli.................................1
• Oil..........................................2 tsp
• Salt to taste

Method

• Heat a pan with oil add mustard , dal ,chilli, ginger and curry leaves. 
• When the mustard splutter , add water,cooked kidney beans,, salt and coconut. 
• When the water boils add the rice powder . 
• Mix it with out forming lumps. 
• Take lemon size dough(wet your hands) flatten it in plantain leaf or idli vessel and steam them.
• Tips
• Add the flour when the water boils. If the dough is very thick add little hot water and mix it.