Wishing you all a very HAPPY VINAYAGR CHATHURTHI. An auspicious hindu festival celebrated all over India,it is the birth anniversary of Lord Ganesha, god of wisdom,prosperity and good fortune.The traditional sweet prepared as Neivedhyam for Lord Ganesha is Kozhukatai (MODAK) made from rice flour or wheat flour with stuffing of grated coconut,jaggery,nuts and sugar. These … Continue reading Javarisi Kolukattai / Sago Kolukattai
Paal kozhukatai is a famous chettinad recipe made using rice flour, coconut milk and milk .There is no sugar in this recipe instead jaggery is added for sweetness. Rice dumplings are cooked in milk and finally coconut milk and jaggery syrup are added with grated coconut and cardamom powder for taste and flavor.Paal kozhukatai tastes … Continue reading Paal Kozhukattai ( with jaggery)
Paal Pongal/ Milk Pongal is a salted version of Sakarai Pongal where rice and moong dal are cooked in milk along with water and finally garnished with ghee roasted cashews and grated coconut. Pongal is the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu and the first day of the Tamil month (Thai) which is also celebrated as … Continue reading Paal Pongal / Milk Pongal Recipe
Vinayagar Chathurthi is an auspicious hindu festival celebrated all over India.It is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Lord Ganesha who is the god of wisdom,prosperity and good fortune.Artisans create clay models of Lord Ganesha for sale and small colorful paper umbrellas are also made for Lord Ganesha.People decorate their homes with colorful flowers and … Continue reading Ellu Kozhukatai / Sesame Seeds Modak – Vinayagar Chathurthi Recipes
An easy kozhukatai where the rice flour is made into seedai shaped small balls and then tossed with jaggery and some grated coconut that makes it so delicious and perfect for Chathurthi.You should also try the Spicy version Kara Ammini Kozhukatai,usually we make these ammini kozhukatai when we have left over kozhukatai dough after making … Continue reading Sweet Ammini Kozhukatai
Ammini kozhukatai are prepared with rice flour that are made into seedai shaped balls which is steamed and finally tossed with some lenthils,mustard seeds and curry leaves.We usually make this with the left over rice flour dough,it can also be served as an evening snack for kids back from school or you also make them … Continue reading Kara Ammini Kozhukatai
Just a week more for Ganesh Chathurthi and I have started to prepare the dough already for this beautiful festival.Each and every thing about this festival is so divine from the kolams and maavillai thoranam to the making of umbrellasā and kozhukatais. In Elai Kozhukatai , the rice dumplings are stuffed with sweet flavorful fillings … Continue reading Elai Kozhukatai / Sweet Steamed Rice Dumplings
Karadaiyan Nombhu is a special nombhu followed by married women of the Tamil brahmin community during the transition of tamil month maasi and panguni.Karadaiyan Nombhu adai is made for neivedhyam and offered to god along with butter.Though we don't practice this nombhu,I really wanted to try and taste them this year and have shared both … Continue reading Karadaiyan Nombhu Adai Recipe (sweet and savoury)
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