Hayagreeva maddi

Name: Hayagreeva maddi
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Chana Dal; 2and 1/2 cups water; 3/4 cup jaggery; 2-3 tbsp ghee; 10-12 cashewnuts; 2 tsp raisins/kishmis; 1/4 tsp cardamom/elaichi powder; 1/4 tsp nutmeg/ jaiphal powder; 1/2 cup grated dry coconut

Gayatri Balaji @gayatri100

Lord Hayagriva is an avatar of Lord Vishnu. He is the God with human body and horse head. It is said that a goldsmith was making an idol of Lord Ganesha. But each time idol ended up with a horse's head. Ultimately he got tired and threw away the idol. The same night Lord Hayagriva appeared in Madhwa saint Guru Sri Vadiraja's dream and asked him to receive the idol from that goldsmith. Lord Hayagriva also appeared in the goldsmith's dream and asked him to become a disciple of Sri Vadiraja. Chana dal is favorite of horses, Sri Vadiraja made an offering of chana dal cooked with Jaggery and coconut. This is called as maddi in kanada. Since then maddi is known as hayagriva maddi.

Gayatri Balaji @gayatri100

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Ingredients

30minutes

4 servings

1 cupChana Dal
2and 1/2 cups water
3/4 cupjaggery
2-3 tbspghee
10-12cashewnuts
2 tspraisins/kishmis
1/4 tspcardamom/elaichi powder
1/4 tspnutmeg/ jaiphal powder
1/2 cupgrated dry coconut

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Steps

30minutes

1

In a pressure cooker cook 1cup Chana dal with 2and 1/2 cups of water for 5 whistles.
2

Drain off the water from cooked chana dal.
3

In a kadai add a tsp ghee and fry cashewnuts and raisins till golden brown.Remove the fried nuts from kadai.
4

In same kadai add cooked chana dal and 3/4 cup grated jaggery and cook until it melts.
5

Keeping the flame on medium, continue to mix until jaggery melts and starts to thicken.
6

Mix well until the mixture turns smooth without mashing chana dal.Add 1/4 tsp cardamom powder and 1/4 tsp nutmeg/jaiphal powder.Then add 1/2 cup grated dry coconut.
7

Serve the delicious Hayagreeva maddi.