PORI URUNDAI RECIPE FOR KARTHIGAI DEEPAM

Karthigai Deepam is celebrated to worship Lord Shiva in Thiruvannamalai and also to mark the birthday of his son Lord Kartikeya. Here's a melt-in-the-mouth Naivedyam recipe prepared using simple puffed rice, coconut and jaggery as an offering to the deities.
Ingredients
Puffed Poha- 2 cups
Puffed and cleaned paddy rice - 2 cups
Jaggery - 2 cups
Dry ginger powder -1tsp
Cardamom powder -1Tsp
Fried gram- 3tbsp
Groundnuts 3tbsp
Coconut pieces finely chopped -1/4th cup
Ghee -2tbsp
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Method
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- Clean both the puffed rice.
-Dry roast them separately and set aside. -Fry coconut pieces in ghee.
-Roast ground nuts.
-To one puffed rice add dry ginger powder, fried gram and roasted coconut.
-To another puffed rice, add cardamom powder,groundnuts, roasted coconut.
-Add 1 cup jaggery to a kadai and add water to soak jaggery.
-Melt the jaggery and boil it till a thick syrup is formed.
-To check the perfect consistency pour a small drop in a cup of water. You should be able to collect the jaggery out of water and it will be hard as stone once it cools.
-This is called stone consistency.
-Pour the jaggery to the puffed rice and mix it immediately.
- Apply ghee in hand and make small ladoos before the mixture cools down.
-Repeat the same for the other set of puffed rice and make ladoos. -Karthigai Deepam 'Pori Urandai' is ready for Annamalaiyar!
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