Thenga maanga pattani sundal is nothing but dried white peas also called as vatana / pattani tempered with grated raw mango, coconut green chillies ginger . Popular as beach sundal as it is very famous and sold a s a bhel like delicacy with grated carrots and chopped onions too . This simple recipe…
Delicious samo rice / millet rice chakli for navarathri , very useful for the festival .can be made under 30 minutes and it is a good idea to have flours ready so that you can make as many times as you want . Samo rice is also called Varai, Kodri, Samvat or Samak Chawal. It…
Navarathri is a celebration of nine days and in South a variety of cooked lentil dishes are prepared as neivediyam along with other sweets and payasam varieties. For nine days many varieties of such lentils / dals are used and offered as prasadam and also served to those visiting to our house to view the…
Navarathri lunch menu does not mean skipping tasty dishes , but a choice of good menu from available ingredients and from vegetables and grains that are allowed to be consumed for the nine days . It is not a full fast in the real sense but a way of eating totally saathvik food . …
Here is another collection of Navarathri vrat recipes and this is the fourth in the series , as there are too many recipes to be made into one collage , i have compiled them in series of few dishes in each .so you can check SERIES 1, SERIES 2, SERIES 3 for more varieties. You…
Navarathri Vrat recipes..Series 3 has some more delicious recipes for you choose from , plan your nine day vrat menu from some of these and those already shared in SERIES 1 and SERIES 2. Rajgira Dhaniya Paneer parathas Belgaum Kunda / Belagaavi kunda Millet Idli Malai Paneer Millet Kheer Milk pedhas Sago kheer/ Sabudaana kheer Sama…
Navarathri celebration does not mean only prayers and keeping vrat or fast , it also means a celebration of unique tasty dishes specially cooked for vrat and suitable for those wo remain on vrat / fast or nine days consuming only foods that are allowed for Navarathri, so here is another series of recipes to…
Here are some recipes to choose from for Navarathri vrat or fast for those who observe from Pitrupaksh month till end of Navarathri . click o the title of each recipe to go to the respective link in a different post . Paneer aaloo tikki Navarathri lunch dishes . Millet kheer/ smawat chawal kheer…
Kruvepillai thogayal / curry leaf thogayal is an indispensable part of the Tmil cooking , esp Tambram cooking we just cannot do without the humble but most healthiest condiment ever . It is not very uncommon among households to switch to a meal of curry leaf thogayal, rasam and some papad after a previous day…
Mawa modak , or milk powder mawa modak is a easy sweet to prepare for the Ganesh Chaturthi festivities. This is a pedha mixture which can be used to fill the modak moulds and served as neivediyam to the Lord. As one needs daily prasad for offering to Ganesha, this can be one…