Navaratri Menu planning 9 days 9 treats!

 Navaratri 2020 is already here, its good to plan and buy groceries ahead, so it makes easy to do the festival and Golu hopping. check my detailed planning post here.Due to Pandemic, many are doing E-vethalaipakku or split the schedule due to restrictions imposed.Hope these help you to plan and you can add in many more dishes of your choice and time.Click on the names for the recipes, you can use millets/brown sugar/karupatti...

Planning for Navaratri | Prasadham | Neivedyam Post!

Once festival season begins in July, biggest festival is Navaratri which we celebrate for 9 days between september and October. To celebrate the festival as easier way, planning ahead and executing plays a major role here. We love to clean and decorate the house, take out all the dolls and set up neatly. Arranging can be from simple to grand depends upon once convenience. If kids are small its difficult to do everything,...

Kollu / Horse Gram Sundal!

Kollu/Horsegram is very good for health. Its good for lowering cholestrol. Ingredients Kollu/Horsegram - 2 cups Yennai/Oil - 1 tblspn Kadag/Mustard - 1/4 tspn Onion - 2 nos Karuvepillai/Curry leaves - few Kanja Milagai/Dry Red Chilli - 2 nos Thengai/Fresh Grated Coconut - 2 -3 tspns(Optional) Uzhatham Paruppu/Urad Dal - 1/2 tspn Salt Preparation Method Soak  kollu/horsegram for 4-5 hours or...

Pasi Paruppu | Moong Dal Sundal!

Today I have prepared Pasi Paruppu/Moong Dal Sundal for Navaratri Prasadam. Ingredients Pasi Paruppu/Moong Dal - 2 cups Fresh Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup Oil - 1 tblspn Mustard - 1/4 tspn Asafotida - 1/4 tspn Urad Dal - 1/2 tspn Green Chilli - 2nos Salt Curry leaves Preparation Method Wash, rinse and soak dal for 10 mins and pressure cook for 1 whistle. Heat a kadai, add oil, mustard, urad dal, chilli and curry...

Patani /Dry Peas Sundal | Navarathri Specials!!!

Patani Sundal is a simple and easty to prepare. Ingredients Dry Green Peas/Patani  - 2 cups  Cooking oil -  2 tspns Mustard - 1/2 tspn Urad dal - 1/2 tspn Asafotida/hing - a pinch Green Chilli - 2nos (As per your taste) Curry leaves - few Fresh Grated coconut - 1 cup Salt as per taste Preparation Method Soak green peas overnite for 8 hrs. Pressure cook it about 4 whistles...

Sweet Karamani/Black Eyed Bean Sundal | Navarathri Special!!!

Hi Friends, Hope you are having great time this Navarathri. Have been quite busy with the festive season and couldnot blog. Just posting this recipe I prepared today. This sundal is special for Navarathri as it is a sweet one. Sweet Karamani Sundal is a sundal prepared with vellam/jaggery and this is very tasty. Tomorrow is Saraswathi Pooja, Kondakadalai/Chickpea/Garbanzo Sundal is prepared and offered to God with...

Soya Bean Sundal | Navarathri Recipes!!!

Soya Bean Sundal is very healthy. This time I have not added coconut. Its good for lowering cholestrol. Ingredients Soya Bean - 2 cups (Available at supermarket in Dried Food section) Olive oil - 2 tspns Mustard - 1/2 tspn Urad dal - 1/2 tspn Jeera - a pinch Curry powder - 1/2 tspn(As per your taste) Asafotida/hing - a pinch Dry Red Chilli - 1no (As per your taste) Curry leaves - few Salt...

Rajma, Soya, Green, Red Bean | Mixed Legume Sundal | Navarathri Specials!!!

Navarathri is coming, this month end and this Mixed Legume Sundal is a different recipe and healthy one. Ingredients Soya Bean, Green Gram, Rajma, Red Gram  - 1 cup each  Cooking oil - 1 to 2 tspns Mustard - 1/2 tspn Urad dal - 1/2 tspn Asafotida/hing - a pinch Green Chilli - 2nos (As per your taste) Jeera powder - 1/2 tspn Curry leaves - few Fresh Grated coconut - 1 cup Salt as per taste Preparation...

Pasi Paruppu Payasam/Moong Dal Kheer

During Navarathri different kinds of sundal and sweets are prepared and being shared with family and friends. Today I have prepared Pasi Paruppu Payasam and Red Kidney Bean/ Rajma Sundal. Its also called Payatham Paruppu, Siruparuppu in Tamil, Pesara Pappu in Telugu, Moong Dal in Hindi and Hesaru Bele in Kannada. Pasi paruppu is very cooling and good for mouth ulcers. Ingredients Pasi Paruppu - 1 cup Paal/Milk -...

Paal Payasam/Rice Kheer | without Condensed Milk- Method 2 and Awards!!!

Paal Payasam/Kheer is very popular sweet/pudding in India. This method is easy and simple. This can be tried by Bachelors too. Checkout my other method of payasam here. Daily I have been preparing sundal today made payasam. The colour of payasam will be this when its done in pressure cooker. Ingredients Milk - 1 litre(you can also use Low fat, Skimmed or any milk) Rice - 2 tablespoons Sugar - 1 cup(Adjust...

Navaratri Begins.....

Wishing you and your family a very Happy Navarathri. Navarathri is going to begin from tomorrow after this Mahalaya Amavasya day. Navarathri means a 9 day festival of Goddess Lakshmi, Goddess Saraswathi and Goddess Durga. This is celebrated by Hindu religion in different states of India. You can see Golu i.e decorating the house with dolls. They keep 3,5 or 11 padi/steps. Each day various prasadam is prepared...

Pacha Payir Karamani Sundal

Pacha Payir and Karamani Sundal for Navarathri. Its is healthy and tasty. Ingredients Pacha Payir/Green Gram - 1 cup Karamani/Black Eyed Bean(White or Brown) - 1 cup Yennai/Oil - 1 tspn Kadag/Mustard - 1/2 tspn Peringayam/Asafotida/Hing - a pinch Karuvepillai/Curry leaves - few Kanja Milagai/Dry Red Chilli - 2 nos Thengai/Fresh Grated Coconut - 2 -3 tspns Uzhatham Paruppu/Urad Dal - 1/2 tspn Salt Preparation Method Soak...

Verkadalai/Peanut Sundal Back to Back Recipes

Verkadalai/Peanut or Groundnuts are steamed and mixed with mild spice n coconut. This is very tasty and easy to prepare. Recipe - 1 This one is my Mother-in-law's recipe. IngredientsVerkadalai - 2 cups (Steamed or cooked in pressure cooker) Cooking oil - 1 to 2 tspns Mustard - 1/2 tspn Asafotida/hing - a pinch Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tspn (As per your taste) Curry leaves - few Salt as per taste Preparation MethodHeat...

Happy Vinayaga(Ganesh) Chathurthi!!!

Wishing you all a very Happy Vinayagar (Ganesh) Chathurthi. This festival is very popular in India. Lord Ganesh is elephant faced Hindu God. In Karnataka its celebrated with Goddess Gowri mother of Lord Ganesh. Idol of Gowri on the previous day and puja is performed. They also do mangala Gowri vratham on every tuesday before this festival and invite ladies for kumkum. Its called Gowri-Ganesha Habba (Festival) in Karnataka. Clay...