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,...

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...

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...

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...

Macaroni Payasam | Pasta Kheer!

Macaroni Payasam | Pasta Kheer is an easy dessert and loved by kids. After all the festivals I have started to post recipe, planning to blog regularly from now on. I prepared this for navaratri. It was different and tasted delicious. Ingredients Macaroni - 1 cup(can use baby pasta or any pasta of your choice) Full cream Milk - 1 ltr Vanilla Custard powder - 2 tblspn Sugar - 3/4cup Method ~In a vessel/bowl...