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Karadaiyan nombu adai | sweet and savoury version

Jeyashri suresh
By Jeyashri suresh
KARADAIYAN NOMBU ADAI

Karadaiyan nombu adai | sweet and savory of version of adai recipe – Vella adai and uppu adai recipe using store bought rice flour | idiyappam flour. Detailed recipe with step by step pictorial instructions.

Karadaiyan Nombu (காரடையான் நோம்பு) is one of the major festivals celebrated among the Tamil Brahmin community usually in the month of March. It is celebrated at the moment when Tamil month Maasi ends and month Panguni starts. We make sweet or savory adai on this day and offer it to god. We also fast on this day and eat this adai and break the fast. To know more about this festival and the rituals followed therein, do check out my sister’s post on Karadaiyan Nombu.

Married women fast for the longevity of their husbands and break the fast by tying the yellow thread (manjal charade) around their neck. And by eating the sweet and salted Karadaiyan Nombu adais which have been offered to God. I usually make the Nombu adais using homemade rice flour. However, we make the adai using store-bought flour also. Let us now proceed to the recipes Sweet adai and kara adai.

In this post, I have given the recipe for making Karadaiyan nombu adai using store-bought idiyappam flour. Alternatively, you can use homemade rice flour also to make the nombu adai. If you are using homemade flour, roast the flour nicely for 5 minutes without changing its color much. Then follow the same procedure as the same.

Also check out other traditional recipes

Karadaiyan nombu adai recipe 

KARADAIYAN NOMBU ADAI
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Karadaiyan nombu adai

Traditional steamed adais made for a festival, both sweet and savory versions of adai recipe given in this post
Course Festival recipes,, Sweet
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Festival recipes, Nombu adai, South Indian festival
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 15 adais
Author Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

For Sweet adai

  • 1 cup Store-bought Rice flour | Idiyappam flour
  • 2 and 1/2 cup Water approx
  • 2 tbsp Karamani| black-eyed bean
  • 1 cup Jaggery | vellam
  • 1 tsp Sesame oil
  • 3 tbsp Coconut bits finely chopped 1/4 cup
  • 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
  • 1/2 tsp Ghee

For Savory adai

  • 1 cup Store-bought rice flour | Idiyappam flour
  • 2 and 1/2 cup Water
  • 2 tbsp Karamani |black eyed beans
  • Salt as needed
  • 3 tbsp Coconut bits finely chopped 1/4 cup
  • 2 Green chili
  • Ginger a small piece
  • Curry leaves few
  • 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 3 tsp Oil

Instructions

Method for making sweet adai.

  • In a pan add the black-eyed beans| karamani, and roast this for 2 minutes, without getting it burnt.
  • Add 1 cup of water to this and cook it till the beans become soft. Even you can soak this for 10 minutes and cook.
  • Karamani gets cooked soon. It cooked in around 10 minutes. Do not overcook.
  • Drain the water and keep it aside.
  • In a pan add the jaggery and add 2 and 1/2 cups of water. Water quantity depends on the texture of the rice flour.
  • So add 2 cups of water first and keep 1/2 cup of hot water separately. Later if needed will use it.
  • Boil till the jaggery dissolves. Filter the impurities.
  • Add the chopped coconut, cooked karamani(black eyed beans), and cardamom powder to the water and bring it to a rolling boil.
  • Keep the flame low now and add the rice flour to this. Mix well without any lumps.
  • If you feel the mixture is getting dry, add little hot water to this. Cook till it comes to a whole mass and at the same time do not make it too dry.
  • Else the adais will crack.
  • Steam it in greased idli mould for 10-12 mins.
  • The adais will be glossy once you take it out from the steamer. Allow this to cool for 2 minutes and then take it out. Else they will break.
  • Sweet adai is ready for neivedhyam,

Notes:

  • While making pinwheels if you feel it is breaking, just sprinkle some warm water to the jaggery dough mixture and make it.
  • If the mixture is a little watery(normally it won't come like that, just keep in a low flame and stir well for 3 minutes.
  • Do not add the rice flour to the cooked dough while making the patties.
  • Always keep the dough covered while making the patties. Else it will become dry and crack.

Method of making Karadaiyan nombu savory adai

  • In a pan add the black-eyed beans|karamani, and roast this for 2 minutes, without getting it burnt.
  • Add 1 cup of water to this and cook it till the beans become soft. Even you can soak this for 10 minutes and cook.
  • Karamani gets cooked soon. It cooked in around 10 minutes. Do not overcook.
  • Drain the water and keep it aside.
  • Chop the ginger, green chili, and curry leaves finely.
  • In a pan, add 2 tsp of oil and throw in the mustard seeds, ginger, green chili, and curry leaves.
  • Add the water and let it boil for few minutes. Add 2 cups of water first and keep 1/2 cup of hot water ready, if needed we will use it later.
  • When it boils nicely add the karamani (black-eyed beans) and coconut. Add salt to this.
  • When the water starts boiling, keep the flame low and add the rice flour to this.
  • Mix well without lumps and cook till the water gets absorbed and it comes to a whole mass
  • Repeat this for the rest of the dough.
  • Grease the idli mould and steam these savoury adai for 10-12 mins.
  • Savory adai is ready for neivedhyam.
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Notes

Notes:
1. For making this savoury adai also, if it breaks while you are making patties, just sprinkle some warm water and make it.
2. In any case if you feel the flour mixture is watery do not add flour while making adais, as it is not cooked.
3. If the mixture is loose, add it back to the pan and cook it for few more minutes. It will thicken.
4. Do not make it too thick as it will make cracks in adai.
5. Always keep the dough covered while making.
  • In a pan add the black-eyed beans| karamani, and roast this for 2 minutes, without getting it burnt.
  • Add 1 cup of water to this and cook it till the beans become soft. Even you can soak this for 10 minutes and cook.
  • Karamani gets cooked soon. It cooked in around 10 minutes. Do not overcook.
  • Drain the water and keep it aside.
Nombu adai
  • In a pan add the jaggery and add 2 and 1/2 cup of water. Water quantity depends on the texture of the rice flour.
  • So add 2 cups of water first and keep 1/2 cup of hot water separately. Later if needed will use it.
  • Boil till the jaggery dissolves. Filter the impurities..
Karadaiyan nombu adai
  • Add the chopped coconut, cooked karamani(black eyed beans), and cardamom powder to the water and bring it to a rolling boil.
  • Keep the flame low now and add the rice flour to this. Mix well without any lumps.
  • If you feel the mixture is getting dry, add little hot water to this. Cook till it comes to a whole mass and at the same time do not make it too dry.
  • Else the adais will crack.
Nombu adai
  • Cover it and keep.
  • Once it is warm, grease your hands with ghee and make lemon-sized balls and flatten it.
  • Put a hole in the center.
sweet adai
  • Steam it in greased idli mould for 10-12 mins.
  • The adais will be glossy once you take it out from the steamer. Allow this to cool for 2 minutes and then take it out. Else they will break.
Sweet adai recipe
  1. While making pinwheels if you feel it is breaking, just sprinkle some warm water into the jaggery dough mixture and make it.
  2. If the mixture is a little watery(normally it won’t come like that, just keep in a low flame and stir well for 3 minutes.
  3. Do not add the rice flour to the cooked dough while making the patties.
  4. Always keep the dough covered while making the patties. Else it will become dry and crack.
Karadaiyan nombu adai
  • In a pan add the balck eyed beans|karamani and roast this for 2 minutes, without getting it burnt.
  • Add 1 cup of water to this and cook it till the beans becomes soft. Even you can soak this for 10 minutes and cook.
  • Karamani gets cooked soon. It cooked in around 10 minutes. Do not over cook.
  • Drain the water and keep it aside.
  • Chop the ginger, green chilli and curry leaves finely.
  • In a pan, add 2 tsp of oil and throw in the mustard seeds, ginger, green chili, and curry leaves.
  • Add the water and let it boil for few minutes. Add 2 cups of water first and keep 1/2 cup of hot water ready, if needed we will use it later.
  • When it boils nicely add the karamani (black-eyed beans) and coconut.  Add salt to this.
  • When the water starts boiling, keep the flame low and add the rice flour to this.
  • Mix well without lumps and cook till the water gets absorbed and it comes to a whole mass.
Nombu adai
  • When it is warm to handle, take a lemon sized portion of dough and flatten it.
  • Place a hole in the center.
  • Grease the idli mould and steam these savoury adai for 10-12 mins.
  • Savory adai is ready for neivedhyam
  1. For making this savoury adai also, if it breaks while you are making patties, just sprinkle some warm water and make it.
  2. In any case, if you feel the flour mixture is watery do not add flour while making adais, as it is not cooked.
  3. If the mixture is loose, add it back to the pan and cook it for few more minutes. It will thicken.
  4. Do not make it too thick as it will make cracks in adai.
  5. Always keep the dough covered while making.
Karadaiyan nombu adai

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  4. Adai is looking so good..usually my MIL makes the nombu maavu and sends it to me but this time she could not find anybody coming here so I will make this according to your method jeyashri..thanks for sharing these.

  23. அக்கா, இதுக்கு ஒரு பாட்டு உண்டு, உங்களுக்கு தெரியுமா??
    "உருக்காத வெண்ணையும் ஓரடையும் நோற்றேன், ஒருக்காலும் என் கணவன் என்னை பிரியாதிருக்கும் வரம் தருவாய்"…:)

  36. NEver tasted this Jeyashri.. but i wanted to try this for long time when i saw this shanthi aunty's site.. now i am bookmarking and try this soon. Thanks for sharing 🙂

  39. The Noyambu falls today, right? Happy fasting!! 🙂
    We follow Varalakshmi noyambu instead of this noyambu. A holy day dedicated to our husbands 🙂

    Both the adais look perfect and delicious 🙂
    nice clicks too!

    • Renu , i have tried with rice flour too, but i don't recommend since i am not satisfied with the texture of adai. It was little dry.
      U can make make ur own idiyappam flour at home( it is the eera arisi maavu we make ) i have given the link for how to make that eera arisi maavu also in the beginning of the post.

    • Hi akshara,
      No need to roast the rice flour(if using the idiyappam flour or home made rice flour) If you are using store bought rice flour,just roast in a kadai for 2 mins

  47. Looks yummy. Will make on the 14th. Have a doubt in the recipe for sweet adai. You have said
    When it is cooked strain the water and add it to the jaggery water. ( When what is cooked? Add what?)
    Because in the next line you say add the karamani.

    Please clarify. Thank you

  49. jeyashree
    today s karadai nombu…i made this sweet n salt adai seeing ur recipe..last yr too i made….i made with iddiyappam flour….thanks a lot.

  50. Hi Jeyashree,
    I have followed ur post and did both adais. Came extremely good and got appreciation from in-laws. Thanks a ton. Very nice blog u have.Usually first i refer ur blog for any recipes i do and the outcome was good. Keep on rocking :)- nithya.

  51. Hi Jayashri,

    Thanks for the recipes, I tried most of them and they came out very well. Great Posts!! There is one additional thing that I would really like to mention regarding the Karadayar Nonbu Recipe, i.e, you could slightly roast the Karamanis in those Adais in-order to get good aroma before boiling them. Thanks. On the way to make "Coriander Chutney"!! Have a good day! 🙂

    • thanks for trying out Gayatri. As u said we can roast and add. my mom does this. But this time only i tried that. Will update in the post. Keep trying

  52. I make this adai for nombu every year but as it a once time a year affair I usually forget the measures. Thanks for posting this recipie….Happy nombu to everyone…..

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