Navaratri Day 9 Recipes - #DeviPrasadam

Siddhidatri is the ninth and final form of Goddess Durga. Siddhi signifies supernatural power or meditative ability, while Dhatri means giver or bestower. Seated on a lotus and depicted with four arms, Siddhidatri grants siddhis—spiritual and meditative powers—to those who worship and invoke her with devotion.

#DeviPrasadam for Day 9

• Akkara Adisal
• Maanga Saadam (Mango Rice)
• Moong Dal Sundal

Recipe for One Pot One Shot (OPOS) Akkara Adisal

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Ingredients

• Jaggery – 1 cup
• Water – ¾ cup
• Raw rice – ½ cup
• Moong dal – ⅛ cup
• Cardamom – ¼ tsp
• Milk – 2 cups
• Ghee – ¼ cup
• Cashews – a handful
• Condensed milk – 4 tsp

Method

Soak the rice and moong dal for about 30 minutes.

Dissolve the jaggery in ¾ cup water, heat, and strain.

Add the strained jaggery water to a 3-liter stainless steel pressure cooker.

In a separate vessel, mix the soaked rice, moong dal, milk, and cardamom.

Place this vessel inside the pressure cooker, immersed in the jaggery water.

Pressure cook on medium flame for 15–20 minutes.

Allow the pressure to settle completely.

Carefully mix the contents of the inner vessel into the jaggery mixture.

Stir in the ghee, cashews, and condensed milk until well combined.

Recipe for Mango Rice (Maanga Saadam)

(From Chitra Viswanathan’s blog and app)

Ingredients

• Basmati rice – 1 cup
• Finely grated raw mango – 1 cup
• Salt to taste

To Be Ground

• Red chilies
• Grated coconut – 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Turmeric – a pinch

Tempering

• Oil – 3 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Bengal gram dal – 2 tbsp (soaked briefly and drained)
• Red chilies – 2
• Asafetida – ½ tsp
• Curry leaves – a few

Method

Cook the rice and allow it to cool.

Heat oil in a pan and temper the ingredients listed.

Add the grated raw mango and cook until soft.

Add the ground paste and sauté until the raw smell disappears.

Add this mixture to the cooked rice along with salt and mix well.

Finish by adding 1 tsp raw oil just before serving.