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Recipe to Cook Savoury or Uppu Kara Adai Dish for Savitri Nombu

White Karadai or Savoury or Uppu Kara Adai is the dish prepared as an offering during Savitri Nonbu or Karadaiyan Nombhu . It is also the unique food eaten by married women to break the fast during Karadai Nombu. This Adai is a simple dish and it is believed that Savitri cooked the Karamani Adai in the forest while fasting (vratam) to save her husband’s life from Yama, the god of death. There are two varieties of Kara Adai – Sweet and Savoury. The savoury Ada is white in color and sweet one is brown in color. You can read about the preparation of Sweet Kara Adai here . How to Cook Uppu Kara Adai? Ingredients Rice flour – 2 cups Water four cups ¼ cup karamani or cowpeas (you can also substitute cowpea with Tuvar dal) Coconut ½ cup grated or cut into small pieces (quantity depends on your taste) Ginger Green chillies (4 to 5) or depending on your taste A pinch of asafetida 1 tsp mustard seeds Salt 1 to 1 1/2 (Depends on your taste) Curry leaves 2 tsp Oil 1

Why Kamdev Is Also Known As Kandarpa?

Kandarpa is one among the numerous names of Kamdev, the god of love in Hinduism. Here is the story which explains why Kamadeva is also known as Kandarpa. It is found in the Kalika Purana. Legend has it that Brahma created ten Prajapatis to help in creation. Brahma also created a woman named Sandhya. Sandhya was divinely beautiful and her beauty aroused strong sexual desire in men. For a split second, Brahma too was enamored by the beauty of Sandhya. Suddenly a very handsome young man emerged from the right chest of Brahma with a floral bow in his hands. He was named Kandarpa because he is said to have asked Lord Brahma: “whom should I make proud?” – kam tarpayami. The name is used by Rishi Vishwamitra while narrating the story of Shiva burning down Kamdev to Bhagavan Sri Rama and Lakshmana in the Balakanda (Chapter 1 (22)) of Ramayana  Another Story Story of Chandesa – an ardent devotee of Shiva who became a Gana