Navaratri is around the corner….air is buzz with Golu/Kolu preparations and the auspicious Devi Pooja. Foodialogues shares a treasure trove of sweet recipes for neivedhyam which can also double up as a takeaway in your special Navaratri “vethalaipakku” thamboolam.Nine days...
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Festival Specials, Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Jowar Kuzhi Paniyaram Recipe
The fragrant spices, fierce curries, and other locally sourced ingredients all come together, resulting in a unique culinary tradition of the Chettinaad cuisine. Kuzhi paniyaram is one of the most commonly eaten breakfast dishes in areas like Karaikudi and has...
Festival Specials, Sweets & Desserts
Milk Burfi Recipe | Aadi Pooram Special
Today the 22nd of July is the auspicious star of Pooram and combined with the month of Aadi is celebrated in the Vaishnava Sampradaya as the day in which the 10th-century girl poet, one of the 12 Alvars and incarnation...
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Red Rice Rava Payasam and Karuveppilai Sadam Recipe | Thai Vellikizhamai Special
Time flies and it’s the auspicious month of Aadi again. A month of spirituality and celebrations, the 4th month of the Tamil Calendar, is the beginning of Dakshinayanam, or the night time of the Devas. Hence it is believed that...
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Thai Velli Special
All the days of the week are equally promising and prosperous, but Friday occupies a lot more importance in Sanatana dharma. This day has a deep mystical connection with the Devi…the goddess supreme. The auspiciousness of Friday which falls during...
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Pongal Festival Recipes | Pongal Food Menu
Kakaipidi vachen Kannupidi vachen Kakakum, kuruvikum kalyanam….reciting these verses all women and girls of the family place the ‘kanu pidi” … small balls of coloured cooked rice on turmeric leaves praying for the prosperity of their brothers and maternal home,...
Festival Specials, Food & Fabric
Koodaravalli: Akkaravadisal & Kanchipuram Saree | Food & Fabric
Andal the only woman azhwar, sang the Thiruppavai containing 30 verses – one verse for each day of Margashira/ Margazhi (15th December – 15th January) – in praise of Lord Narayana. The devotion and bhakti of this 5-year-old girl was...
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Deepavali
The traditions of Deepavali in India has a long history. It is celebrated all over India as a festival symbolizing the triumph of light over darkness.In North Indian traditions of Deepavali, it is celebrated to honour the victory of Lord...
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Vijayadasami Special | Vijayadasami Recipes
The auspicious day of Vijayadasami... The victory of good over evil.. Lord Rama over Ravana.. Goddess durga over the demon mahishasura... Invoking her immense blessings the quick neivedhya today was a crisp urad dal vadai. An in between of the...
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Saraswathi Pooja Special | Saraswathi Pooja Recipes
A simple rice flour kolam to welcome this Mahashakti, a treasure House of mystic powers and knowledge , the manifestation of the divine goddess as Mahasaraswathi into our homes. Today we celebrate the last day of Navaratri as Saraswathi pooja......