Karadian Nombu

Karadian nombu is celebrated by ladies of the  iyer community  during the transition of the Malayalam Month Kumbam into Meenam(Tamil Month Maasi into Panguni). The ladies  make the nombu adai and offer it to God along with butter.

Also known as Savitri Vrat, Karadian Nombu ritual is observed by all married women for the well being of their husbands and to pray that they as couples should remain together always. Unmarried women also observe Karadian Nombu and pray to Goddess Shakti to identify a good man for a life partner.
Karadian Nombu is celebrated in honour of Sathi Savithri’s success in bringing back her husband Sathyavan’s life from the hands of Yama Dev, the God of Death. This is why the ritual is known as Savithri Nombu.

On the appointed day, women prepare the sweet adai made of rice flour and Vellam(jiggery) and savory adai with green chillies.   Each lady sits behind a banana leaf placed on a kolam.  She is served adai and butter, and betel leaves and nuts and fresh flowers and one banana are also placed before her.    She also places the Nonbu sharadu – a sacred cotton thread dipped in turmeric.  At the exact time specified, all the ladies symbolically offer all that is placed in front of them to the Goddess Gowri or Shakthi, with the words:

“Urugada Vennaiyum Oradaiyum Naan Tharuven
Orukaalum En Kanavar Ennai Piriyadirukkanum”

After this, Nombu Charadu is tied around the neck,  the ladies partake of the prasadam of adai on their leaves.

The charadu should ideally not be removed until the next Karadyan Nombu.  The tradition of Kaaradian Nombu every year is believed to attain a long married life.

Pathinettu muzham pudavai uduthikkal / madisaar -tamil iyer style

Check out the tamil iyer type pathinettu muzham pudavai tying:

I always check the below video before I start uduthikkal----
This is an awesome way to learn, our traditional style pudavai uduthikkal.

Karadaiyan nolumbukku ,karthikai deepam ...9 yards uduthikkanam.

Karadian nolumbu/Tamil iyers nombu 2012-March 14 @ 6:30 to 8AM

Vella Nombu Adai

Ingredients:

1)  rice flour - 1cup
water - 1 1/2 cup
 2-3 spoons boiled karamani (black eyed beans)
4) finely chopped fresh coconut -1/2 cup
5) jaggery -1 cup

Directions:

1) Roast rice flour for 5-10 min. Do not let it change color. set it aside to cool down.
2) Bring the water to a boil in a pan and add the jaggery
3) Once the jaggery melts filter the water to remove sediments and place it on heat again.
4) Add elakka and let the liquid come to a boil
5) Add the boiled karamani and coconut
Turn the heat down and slowly add the roasted rice flour and mix it into the liquid as smoothly as possible without letting it form any lumps and take it off the heat once you have gathered the whole mixture together. The mixture should be of the consistency of murrukku dough .
7) make them into the shape of kutti adais with a hole in the middle . steam cook it in the idli plates for 5-10mins.
adais are ready  for  nivedyam .

Uppu Nombu Adai

Ingredients:

1) rice flour - 1 cup
2) water - 1 1/2 cup
3) Green chillies finely chopped (1-2)
4) 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh coconut
5) Curry leaves finely chopped (4-5)
boiled karamani black eyed beans
 Asafoetida (hing)
8) Salt

Directions:

1) Roast rice flour for 5-10 min. Do not let it change color.
2)boil water
3) Add the hing ,curry leaves and salt to the boiling water
4) Add the boiled karamani and coconut
Turn the heat down and slowly add the roasted rice flour and mix it into the liquid as smoothly as possible without letting it form any lumps and take it off the heat once you have gathered the whole mixture together. The mixture should be of the consistency of murrukku mavu.
 steam cook them in the idli plates for 5-10mins.
8) Serve hot with unsalted butter.

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Karadaiyan Nombu Adai