Vinayaka Chaturthi Special Recipes:Kozhukattai with thengai poornamAmmini kozhukattaiSundalPayasamVadaiNei AppamKozhukattai with thengai poornam Recipe:Ingredients for Kozhukattai with thengai poornamRaw rice 1 cupGrated coconut 1 cupJaggery powder 3/4 CupCardamom powder 1 tspGhee 1 tspPreparation Method:Wash soak the rice for 2 hours.Grind into...
Category: Festival Specials
Avani Avittam Food Recipes | Festival Food Recipes
A busy morning in the kitchen today between hectic travel, a family wedding, and festivals. All sandwiched together to make my life joyful. Yajur Upakarma or the "aavaniavittam" is a day of celebration as Lord Vishnu in the avatar of...
Adhirasam Recipe | Adirasam | Aadi Special | Festival Special Sweets
Aadi the 4th month of the Tamil calendar is a celebrated month and signals the start of all festivals and celebrations. The air is filled with prayers to the divine feminine power... . Shakthi. Let us on this auspicious Friday...
Srirama Navami Neivedyam | Festive Dishes & Recipes
Auspicious Srirama Navami…. The day that denotes the descent of Lord Vishnu as avathara purusha Rama on earth. The Rama Principle is a combination of the divine in the human. Rama's philosophy was doing good to the people. He also...
Karadaiyan Nombu kozhukattai | Festival Recipe
Karadaiyan Nonmbu...Though celebrated every year this one was very special because it was my one and a half-year-old princess first. She sat through the small celebration brimming with curiosity and inquisitiveness. She was in a state of confusion as she...
Navarathiri – Day 3 Special
Trithiya.... Day 3 of Navarathri... The day of goddess chandraghanta. A goddess full of grace, bravery and courage. Our pranams to this dasabhuja Shakthi, the eradicator of all our physical and mental sufferings who holds a bell shaped moon.The day...
Navarathiri – Day 1 Special
Navarathri... The joyous festival of 9 nights and 10 days celebrating the goddess in her resplendent forms of durga, lakshmi, and saraswathi. My connect with the goddess is through food again. Planning and preparation of simple food along with "sundal...
Akkaravadisal Recipe | Akkaraadisal Traditional Recipe | Aadipooram Special
Pooram Nakshatram (Purva Phalguni star) is the 11th amongst the 27 stars and has a special place in the 4th month of the Tamil calendar, Aadi…Celebrated as Aadipooram, today marks the manifestation of goddess Mahalakshmi on earth as Andal, one...
Aadi Paal | Festival Recipes
Today is the first day of "aadi"... The 4th month in the Tamil calendar and the start of the "Dakshinayanam". This day is celebrated with a big spread as neivedhya to the lord as it marks the beginning of the...