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    Home » Festivals » Diwali » Deepavali Legiyam | Deepavali Marundu

    Deepavali Legiyam | Deepavali Marundu

    Posted on October 15, 2014 · Last Updated on May 17, 2021 · By Srividhya G · 13 Comments

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    Deepavali Legiyam or Deepavali Marundu collage with text overlay in the upper half of the collage

    Deepavali Legiyam or Deepavali Marundu is a traditional recipe prepared during Deepavali mainly to aid in digestion of rich festive sweets and savories!

    Deepavali Legiyam or Deepavali Marundu served on a metal tray with a metal spoon on top of the pink petals

    About Deepavali Legiyam

    Deepavali Legiyam or Deepavali Marundu (Medicine in Tamil) is a traditional and a special recipe prepared during Deepavali mainly to aid in digestion of the rich festive sweets and savories. You can consume this any time of the year irrespective of festivals as this legiyam is the remedy for digestion problems.  Starting your day with one teaspoon of this marundhu keeps you healthy. I love this marundu it tickles the tastebuds too. :-) 

    When I think about festival, the first thing that comes in my mind is food – tons and tons of sweets, fried goodies, scrumptious lunch, yummy snacks and what not? After the heavy meal no wonder, we feel bloated right? So here comes the medicine for that, diwali legiyam  which is the combo of our traditional spices . These spices are roasted and grinded together and cooked in jaggery syrup. I followed my Ammamma’s recipe which I of course got it from my mom. :-)

    Closeup of the delicious Deepavali Legiyam or Deepavali Marundu served in a very nice glass bowl

    What’s So Good About Deepavali Legiyam?

    We have this legiyam as a first thing on diwali right after oil bath or as we call Gangasnanam. One good thing about this legiyam is that it has longer shelf life. It can stay up to 1 year and even more when refrigerated.  As its a great cure for indigestion, we have this always at home. Its pretty easy to prepare too, so without any delay, here comes the recipe. 

    Note: The original recipe includes Liquorice and mace. But I couldn’t find them here in US. So I am proceeding without those two.      

    Deepavali Legiyam Recipe

    Ingredients:

    To be roasted:

    All of the ingredients on a white tray before mixing

    • White Pepper – 3 tbsps
    • Dry Ginger powder – 2 tsps (If you have dry ginger, ½ inch piece is enough)
    • Black Pepper – 3 tbsps
    • Long Pepper / Pippal – 3 tbsps
    • Dhaniya/Coriander seeds – 3 tbsps
    • Poppy seeds – 3 tbsps
    • Cumin seeds – 3 tbsps
    • Fennel seeds / Saunf – 3 tbsps
    • Cardamom – 3 tbsps
    • Cloves – 3 tbsps
    • Nutmeg – ¼ of one nutmeg

    Other Ingredients:

    • Jaggery – 1 cup (Powdered and cleaned)
    • Ghee – 3 tbsps
    • Honey – ¼ cup (increase more as per your taste)
    • Water – 2 cups

    Steps:

    • Dry roast all the ingredients given under to be roasted till you get nice aroma. (for 7-8 minutes)

    Powdered ingredients in a small white bowl

    • Let it cool and dry grind them into fine powder.
    • Heat 2 cups of water in a heavy bottomed vessel and as the water starts to boil add the powder jaggery.
    • Once the jaggery dissolves completely, add the dry powder and mix it well.
    • Let it cook for 5-7 minutes. It will form like halwa.
    • Now add ghee, and cook for 5 more minutes.
    • Turn off the heat and add the honey.

    Mixing all the ingredients to turn them into a halwa-like state

    • Let it cool and store it in airtight container. Home remedy for indigestion is ready. :-)

    Notes:

    • If you can include ½ inch piece of liquiorice (aid maduram) and also 4 to 5 piece of mace (Jaathi Pathiri)
    • Add honey after turning off the heat. 
    • Adjust the ghee and honey as per your preference. If you like it less spicy and pungent, add more honey.

    Deepavali Legiyam or Deepavali Marundu collage with text overlay in the upper half of the collage

     

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    Closeup of the delicious Deepavali Legiyam or Deepavali Marundu served in a very nice glass bowl
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    Deepavali Legiyam | Deepavali Marundu

    Deepavali Legiyam or Deepavali Marundu is a traditional special recipe prepared during Deepavali mainly to aid in digestion of the rich festive sweets and savories.
    Prep Time10 mins
    Cook Time40 mins
    Total Time50 mins
    Course: Health and Home Remedies
    Cuisine: South Indian
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 541kcal
    Author: Srividhya G

    Ingredients

    To be roasted

    • 3 tbsps White Pepper
    • 2 tsps Dry Ginger powder If you have dry ginger, ½ inch piece is enough
    • 3 tbsps Black Pepper
    • 3 tbsps Long Pepper / Pippal
    • 3 tbsps Dhaniya/Coriander seeds
    • 3 tbsps Poppy seeds
    • 3 tbsps Cumin seeds
    • 3 tbsps Fennel seeds / Saunf
    • 3 tbsps Cardamom
    • 3 tbsps Cloves
    • ¼ Nutmeg

    Other Ingredients

    • 1 cup Jaggery - 1 cup Powdered and cleaned
    • 3 tbsps Ghee
    • ¼ cup Honey increase more as per your taste
    • 2 cups Water

    Instructions

    • Dry roast all the ingredients given under to be roasted till you get nice aroma. (for 7-8 minutes)
    • Let it cool and dry grind them into fine powder.
    • Heat 2 cups of water in a heavy bottomed vessel and as the water starts to boil add the powder jaggery.
    • Once the jaggery dissolves completely, add the dry powder and mix it well.
    • Let it cook for 5-7 minutes. It will form like halwa.
    • Now add ghee, and cook for 5 more minutes.
    • Turn off the heat and add the honey.
    • Let it cool and store it in airtight container. Home remedy for indigestion is ready. :-)

    Notes

    • If you can include ½ inch piece of liquiorice (aid maduram) and also 4 to 5 piece of mace (Jaathi Pathiri)
    • Add honey after turning off the heat.
    • Adjust the ghee and honey as per your preference. If you like it less spicy and pungent, add more honey.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 541kcal | Carbohydrates: 95g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 30mg | Potassium: 414mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 69g | Vitamin A: 92IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 359mg | Iron: 9mg

    I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.

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    Comments

    1. ALBONI says

      October 28, 2016 at 6:19 am

      Very useful recipe !!!

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        October 28, 2016 at 8:09 am

        Thanks Alboni.

        Reply
    2. anisnest says

      November 04, 2014 at 4:45 pm

      woww.. I am going to bookmark this page.. thanks for the recipe..

      Reply
      • srividhya says

        November 04, 2014 at 6:38 pm

        Thanks Ani!!!

        Reply
    3. My Kitchen Moments says

      October 15, 2014 at 11:13 pm

      Bookmarked your recipe. Will try it for sure for this Diwali :)

      Reply
      • srividhya says

        October 16, 2014 at 6:12 am

        Let me know how it turned out

        Reply
    4. Bingo's Mom says

      October 15, 2014 at 10:02 pm

      super..

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      • srividhya says

        October 15, 2014 at 10:14 pm

        :-)

        Reply
    5. Malar says

      October 15, 2014 at 9:11 pm

      We get these lehiyam in mylapore ;) and this year being my thalai deepavali was thinking of making all sweets and karam ;) this is a great medicine will definitely prepare it Sri :)

      Reply
      • srividhya says

        October 15, 2014 at 9:33 pm

        Great. It is easy malar. Even if you don’t get couple of ingredients its ok. Give it a try :-)

        Reply
    6. apsara says

      October 15, 2014 at 6:13 pm

      Wow, I did not know that the powder can be prepared at home and as this simple! We buy it in ‘marundhu’ shops in Chennai. Nice to know about it, though.

      Reply
      • srividhya says

        October 15, 2014 at 6:17 pm

        Yeah its pretty simple only. I couldn’t get adimaduram and jaadipathiri. But rest all was available.

        Reply

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