Monday, December 4, 2017

Karthigai Pori

In the Tamil month of Karthigai  with  Pournami and Karthigai star , we celebrate  Maha Karthigai  celebration.We all know the story behind this .In our  house  all enjoy  all the   celebrations, this   Function/celebration is  a special  one, because   we lit the lamp a lot  and  place it around the house and  in the doorstep with maavu kolam( ezhai kolam) , The  whole atmosphere  becomes  divine .We prepare nei pori urundai , aval pori urundai , vella adai, appam for neivedhyam. My mil prepared Ragi adai for neivedhyam both karam and sweet version , but  nobody will touch that except myself anf FIL, so I changed  and started to prepare my mother's  side  sweet adai made by Rice , dal , jaggery , coconut .Prepared items should be consumed by the family members , if it is  not , then it will be waste , So  i changed
 Ingredients:
  For  Nel pori  urundai:
 Nel pori - 1 cup ( we can purchase  from the   porikadalai shop  ) then sieve  and take it  clean
 Jaggery  - 1/4 cup ( paagu vellam )
 Dry ginger powder - 1 tsp (Sukku powder)
Thil  - 1 tsp (Ellu )
Elaichi powder - 1/2tsp
 Grated coconut  - 1/4 cup( Usually we  cut  coconut  very very thin slices  and add  to the   jaggery syrup , my husband dont  like  coconut slices in paagu, so  added  grated coconut )

 Method:
    First take  jaggery in a kadai and add little water to soak and allow to boil , then filter to make the syrup dist, sand free.
Then after washing the kadai add the filtered  jaggery water. coconut, elaichi powder, dry ginger powder , thil  and boil till  to the consistancy of  uruttum padham / stone stage .Remove from fire and  add the cleaned pori  and mix thoroughly and make balls. Tasty  nel pori is ready
For  Aval  pori urundai :
 Aval pori  - 1 cup
 Jaggery  - 1/4 cup
Coconut  thin slices - 1/4 cup
 Dry ginger powder (sukku powder - 1tsp
Thil ( ellu) - 1 tsp
 Elaichi powder - 1/2 tsp

Method :
Sieve the pori and  make it  dust/ sand free. Also make the jaggery dust and sand free  by  adding little water , heat it till dissolve  the jaggery completely and filter it .In kadai add the jaggery water, thil, coconut, sukku powder , elaichi powder  and make  thick syrup(  ketti paagu Padham ).Then add the pori into the syrup and  make balls, You can smear little ghee in both the palms and make   the  balls easily.

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