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Karadiyan Nombu is a festival celebrated by women from South India. This is also popular in the North by the name of Karvachauth. The idea is the same. All women folk pray to the Goddess to bless their husband with a long life and companionship forever.
Ladies fast all day and prefer to eat fruits and other items. The day before all preparation is made. People clean up their homes. On the day of the Nombu yellow charadu/thread is placed near the goddess,one for each female member of the house. The thread is decorated with a piece of turmeric and few flowers. This thread will be worn by the ladies in the evening after the pooja.
The story behind celebrating this is that Sati won back her husband from Yama the lord of death. Of how a ladys wit and determination is an inspiration and example for all of us.
Despite knowing that her husband Satyavan would live for a year she married him. And when Yama came she confronted him and followed him,till her had to stop and give in. Yama offered her few boons and she asked to have children. Satyavan was back with Sati and they lived happily thereafter.
On Nombu day , a special preparation is made. Nomby adai , one sweet and the other salt flavor.
Recipe
Rice flour 1 cup
Water 2 cups (more if required)
Cardmom powder 1 tsp
Jaggery 1 cup
Karamani/Red beans 1 tbspn
Coconut grated/sliced 1 tbspn
Oil
Take a cup of water and add in jaggery. Make a syrup till it gets a 1 thread consistency.
Soak karamani in water for 4-6 hours and pressure cook for 4 whistles. Drain water and set aside.
My sister has thought me a new method now, to prepare this dough. The conventional way would be to boil the water 2 cups and add in the rice flour slowly stirring it to avoid making lumps. And then stirring this until this thickens.
The new way and fool proof is to grind in the mixie rice flour and water till the flour becomes like dosa batter. Now Heat 2 tspn oil in a pan . Add the batter in on low flame. Stir in the jaggery syrup , coconut, cardmom powder and boiled karamani.
Keep stirring on low flame until the batter thickens and resembles a dough, It must leave the sides of a pan and become a soft ball like. Now remove from flame and knead it.
Wrap it in a wet handkerchief and take a small portion of dough.
Take a butter paper and pat it flat. Make a small hole in the centre like the medu vada/doughnut. Steam all of these in a steamer/cooker for 12 minutes. Let it cool and offer as naivedyam to Goddess with butter.
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