Navratri kolu

 Navaratri kolu this year.

Simple kolu for our grandchildren to know about it.

First day naivedyams  are Sarkarai Pongal and Black eyed peas chundal

Chakkavaratti payasam.

 Chakkavaratti payasam' If you have chakkavaratti in your house we can make  immediately.

Ingredients

Chakkavaratti                            1 cup

Coconut milk                            1 cup

Coconut flakes                          few

Kaju optional

Method

In a big vessel add chakkavaratti and   second milk of coconut.

Mix and boil till it dissolve in.

Add first coconut ilk.

Do not boil after adding coconut milk

Heat a tawa add ghee  and coconut flakes and fry'.

Add to the chavaratti payasam.

Healthy laddu

 This laddu  is very good for health

Ingredients

Black Til                      1cup

Pumpkin seeds          1 cup

Kaskas                       1cup

Flaxseeds                   1cup

Badam                         10

Kaju                            10

Pistachio                     1

Powdered Jaggery      1 and half cups

Cardamom Powder      1tsp

Method

Roast each one separately for 5 minutes in a low flame.

Powder all together

Add one tsp of ghee and cardamom powder.

Make small balls.  It becomes  laddus are little loose, keep them in fridge.

Sabudana and Apple Kheer ( Javvarisi Payasam with Apple)

I saw samayal  samayal and want to try that kheer with condensed milk. It came out well. Thank you Venkatesh Bhat
Prepare  time          10 minutes
Cook time               20 Minutes.
Serve                       5
Ingredients
Sabudhana or Javvarisi                  1cup                  
Milk                                                 2 cups
Apples(peeled and grated)              2
Condensed Milk                              1/2 cup
Cinnamon                                        one pinch
Cardamom Powder                       1 tsp
Cashew Nuts                                 10



Method

Soak the sabudana for an hour.
Boil the milk and add sabudana and mix.it.
Add grated apple and cook well for about 3 to 4 minutes..
When sabundana is cooked add condensed milk and mix.
When it becomes thick add roasted cashew nuts, cinnamon and cardamom powder.
Serve hot or cold.

Bombay Halwa

Bombay Halwa is chewy and very tasty,

Ingredients
Broken Cashew nuts             .1/2 cup
Food Color orange..              1tsp
Ghee.                                     1/2 cup
Corn Flour.                            1 cup
Sugar..                                   2 cups
Cardamom Powder                 1 tsp
Color orange, yellow or green

Method

Take a bowl add corn flour and water, make batter.
Heat a pan with sugar and water till the sugar level and make a syrup
When the syrup boiled add the batter and stir it.
Add 1 tsp ghee at a time and till half cup is used up.
When the mixture starts leaving the sides of the vessel, remove from the flame.
Add the color, cardamom powder and nuts, pour it in a greased plate.
Cut into pieces after it cools down.

Atta Halwa (Wheat Kesari/ Halwa)

Atta Halwa

Prepare Time........................5min
Cook Time..........................10 min
Serve..................................3
Ingredients
Wheat Flour ( Chapathi Atta)...............3tbsp
Ghee....................................................2tbsp
Sugar...................................................6tbsp
Cardamom Powder..............................a pinch
Carrot puree.........................................1cup
Cashew Nuts...........................................Few
Kersari Powder....................................small pinch
(I used badam to garnish)
Method
Heat a pan add ghee and wheat flour.
Fry in low flame till you get nice aroma.
Take 5 small carrot and half cup water and put it in vita mix or grinder  grind inti nice puree.
Add this puree sugar, cardamom powder and  kesari  powder to the fried flour,
Cook till comes out of the sides.
Add ghee if needed  and garnish with roasted cashews.

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Akkaravadisal

Akkaravadisal is a traditional Iyengar's recipe. Sarkarai pongal and akkaravadisal almost the same The only difference is the rice is completely.cooked in milk. . Instead of jaggery  make with sugar. In Margazhi month,   We get akkaravadisal as prasadam at Ahobil matt  Chembur. Very tasty.

• Prepare Time............10 min
• Cook Time................30 min
• Serve.........................5

Akkaravadisal

Ingredients

• Rice...................................1cup
• Split Moong Dhal................2 tbsp
• Jaggery...............................2cups
• Milk...................................4 cups
• Pacha Karpooram..............a pinch
• Cardamom Powder.............1/4 tsp
• Ghee....................................3tbsp
• Raisins..................................2 tbsp
• Cashew nuts.........................2 tbsp
• Saffron..................................a pinch

Method

• Wash the rice and dhal 
• Boil the milk , add rice and dhal.
• Cook them till they become tender
• Boil less water add the jaggery.
• Filter the syrup and add to the cooked rice.
• Roast the nuts and raisins, add to the rice
• Add cardamom powder and pacha karpooram and mix well
• You can cook the rice and dhal in pressure cooker.
• Instead of jaggery use sugar.
• Add more ghee to give extra taste.

Gokulashtami Festival

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Janmashtami is known as Gokulashtami, Sri Krishna Jayanthi,Ashtami Rohini etc is the birthday celebration of Lord Krishna. It is celebrated on the eighth day (Ashtami )of Krishna Paksha in the month of Bhadrapada (August/September)
Krishna was the 8th son of Devak /Vasudev.We celebrate this festival by fasting and staying till midnight. We prepare Nai Appam, Murukku, Vella Cheedai, Uppu cheedai, sweet Aval and Payasam We decorate the idol and put rangoli and steps.We wait Lord krishna to arrive at midnight and do arathi, recite slokas and do arathi.
In Mumbai people celebrate Govinda Alare. People all over Maharashtra try to break the pot  filled with buttermilk..
Here are the recipes for Nai Appam, Cheedai, Vella Cheedai
Murukku. Sweet Aval

Popcorn Ladu

I made this popcorn ladu and came out very well. This recipe is from my friend Saila's blog (Drsaila.com).Thank you Saila. This ladu is very easy to make.

Popcorn ladu

Ingredients

• Popcorn powder....... ..............2 small cups
• Powdered jaggery...................1cup
• Coarsely Powdered Nuts .......1cup
• Cardamom Powder.................A pinch

Method

• Make popcorn and powder it ( I coarsely powdered)
• Powder the nuts coarsely and mix all. 
• Make a syrup with jaggery and 2 tbsp water.
• When it becomes one thread consistency add the powders.
• Add cardamom powder and mix well.Make small balls and keep.

Thiruvathrai Kali

Thiruvathirai Kali

We celebrate Thiruvathirai the birthday of Lord Shiva.It is also called Arudra Darshanam.This is an important festival for young girls. Early morning we take bath and go to the Shiva temple and worship lord Shiva.Prepare Kali and Talakam do puja with naivedyam and arathi..Keralites celebrate with dance and feast.

Ingredients

• Raw rice .................................2 cups 
• Jaggery .................................. 2cups 
• Cardamom(Elaichi Powder)..... half tsp
• Grated Coconut....................... half cup
• Ghee ......................................2 tsp
• Water......................................4cups

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Method

• Soak the rice for an hour.
• Dry it by spreading them on a white cloth and roast the rice in a simmer flame until it turns light red colour. Powder it into coarsely when it cools down .
• Heat a pan with water, add powdered jaggery.
• When it boils add the rice powder . 
• Add cardamom powder and coconut, mix it well