Pressure cooker Rava Kesari recipe | Easy rava kesari recipe in a pressure cooker in South Indian style for beginners.

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Thiruvathirai /Arudhra darshan (Arudra darisanam) is a popular Hindu festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Thiruvathirai Adai, Kali, Kootu

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In this post, I have shared Onam Sadya recipes list and items list in a free-to-download PDF format. This collection

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Pressure cooker Rava Kesari recipe | Easy rava kesari recipe in a pressure cooker in South Indian style for beginners.

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Thiruvathirai /Arudhra darshan (Arudra darisanam) is a popular Hindu festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Thiruvathirai Adai, Kali, Kootu

The post Thiruvathirai Recipes (Kali, Adai, Kootu, Thalagam) appeared first on Chitra's Food Book.

In this post, I have shared a comprehensive list of Onam Sadya recipes in a free-to-download PDF format. This collection

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7 VEG KOOTU | EZHU KARI KOOTU is a must try recipe for Thiruvathirai and Pongal festivals in my home. This 7 kari kootu should be prepared with the local vegetables i.e Naatu kai kari in Tamil like Pumpkin, yam, broad beans, ash gourd, cluster beans, Field beans/ Mocha kottai, sweet potato, lady’s finger, raw banana etc.

I make this Thiruvathirai kootu directly in a pressure cooker to ease my job. I use two cookers on thiruvathirai day. One is to make this kootu and the other one is to make thiruvathirai kali. When they both get ready, I make sweet adai simultaneously. So my entire thiruvathirai day cooking gets over under 30 minutes.

Friends, do check out this easy Thiruvathirai 7 kari kootu recipe in a pressure cooker and try it. I am sure even a beginner can make it quickly.

Check out Thiruvathirai kali recipe with video in THIS LINK. 

Also check out my Thiruvathirai thalagam recipe. 

Thiruvathirai 7 kari kootu | Thiruvathirai 7 kai kootu

Thiruvathirai 7 kari kootu | Thiruvathirai 7 kai kootu with 7 varieties of mixed vegetables

 

Cuisine: Tamil nadu

Category: Side dish

Serves: 2

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

 

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

Vegetables (please refer notes) - 2 cups Yellow moong dal - 2 tbsp Tomato – 1 no Salt – to taste To grind Grated coconut – 1/2 cup Green chilli – 2 (medium size) Jeera/Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Rice flour Or corn flour - 1tsp To temper Mustard – 1/4 tsp Urad dal- 1/2 tsp Curry leaves – a sprig Coconut oil – 1 tbsp

HOW TO MAKE THIRUVATHIRAI KOOTU

1. Wash and chop all the vegetables into cubes. Set aside.
2. In a pressure cooker base, heat oil and splutter mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves.
3. Add the chopped vegetables and mix well. Add salt, required water, chopped tomato, moong dal and mix well.
4. Grind coconut, cumin seeds and green chilli to a smooth paste adding little rice flour.
5. Add the coconut paste to the vegetables and mix well. Check for the consistency. Add more water if needed.
6. Cover the lid and pressure cook in high flame for 2 whistles. 
7. Open the cooker and boil the excess water if needed. Check the consistency and serve with Thiruvathirai kali and adai.

METHOD - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

• Cut all the vegetables and tomato in cubes.
• Heat oil in a pressure cooker and splutter mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves. Add the chopped vegetables, tomato and saute for a minute. Add dal, required salt and water. (Vegetables shouldn’t be mashed or overcooked).

• Grind the coconut with green chillI and a tsp of rice flour to make a paste by adding water. Add jeera at the end and run once.
• Add the ground mixture to the cooked veggies by keeping on the flame. Pressure cook in high flame for 2 whistles. It will be perfectly cooked. Else keep in low flame for just one whistle.
• Open the cooker after the steam is released. Boil well for few minutes till it thickens OR Adjust the consistency by adding water if required if the kootu is too thick.

  

     

  Delicious, healthy veg. kootu is ready!! Enjoy with kali or plain rice !

   

Note

For the above recipe, I used 1/2 raw banana, 2 small colocasia, 1/4 piece of yam, 10 broad beans, 1/2 cup of cubed ash gourd and 1/2 sweet potato small sized, handful of mochai kottai.

 
U can also use other country vegetables like cluster beans, bittergourd, ladies finger, pumpkin etc to replace the above said vegetables.

Last but not the least here is our pooja room picture..

Aval Kesari is so easy to prepare under 15 minutes. Its a beginners sweet recipe. All you need is Poha/ Rice flakes, Sugar, Ghee and cardamom powder. Unlike our regular rava kesari, this poha kesari thickens quickly and chances of hardening is very less. So its easy to identify the end consistency. I have shared 2 videos in different languages and step by step pictures. I have added a video of Aval Kesari seimurai in Tami. Please watch it for better understanding. 

 Soon I will try to make an Aval kesari with jaggery. Friends, do try this easy Aval Kesari for this Gokulashtami / Krishna Jayanthi and enjoy.

Aval kesari in Tamil video ꜛ

Aval Kesari / Poha sheera / Avalakki Kesaribath / Atukula Kesari

Aval Kesari / Poha sheera / Avalakki Kesaribath / Atukula Kesari for festival Prasadam/ Neivedaym.

 

Cuisine: South Indian

Category: Dessert

Serves: 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

 

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 250ml Poha / Thick Aval / Rice flakes - 1/2 cup Sugar - 1/2 cup Water - 1 to 1.5 cups Ghee - 3 tbsp Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp Cashew nuts – 5 Cloves – 1 Orange food color / Kesari color – a pinch

HOW TO MAKE AVAL KESARI

1. Heat 2 tsp of ghee in a kadai. Add the Aval and roast till crispy.
2. Take the roasted Aval and break it to check if crispy. Transfer to a mixer.
3. Grind coarsely and set aside. Boil water in the same kadai adding a pinch of food color.
4. When the water roll boils, lower the flame completely. Add the roasted poha powder.
5. Mix without lumps till thick. Cover cook in low flame for 5 minutes.
6. Then add sugar, cardamom powder and ghee. Mix without lumps in low flame.
7. Mix till kesari leaves the sides of pan completely. Switch off the flame.
8. Roast Cashews in 1 tbsp ghee and add to Kesari. Mix well and transfer to a plate. Serve warm and enjoy !

Try this easy, yummy Aval kesari for Gokulashtami and enjoy !