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Today being the first Friday of Thai, I prepared Kalkandu Sadham as Nevedhyam. தை வெள்ளி (Friday in tamil month ‘தை’) is considered to be very auspicious and there will be celebrations & special poojas in most of the amman temples all around Tamil Nadu. My mom generally recites [Lalitha Sahasran

My grand mom used to make this chakkarai pongal in an open bronze pot (வெண்கல பானை) on Pongal festival. I bet you can’t match that flavor, outcome and that awesome taste when you pressure cook 🙂 Even today in most of the households in rural areas pongal is prepared in an open pot. The following re

My favorite sweet. Tried this for the first time during Diwali. Turned out good. With the following measurement you can prepare around 10-12 medium sized badhushas. Adjust your measurements according to your need.

It is the most popular payasam/kheer recipe in Kerala. But now a days most of the weddings here in TN as well serves Pradhaman as a main sweet item for lunch. Last Thursday was Shiva’s birthday and made this dish during breakfast 😀 The following measurement yielded around 12-15 cups. I felt it was

Usually I get a small box of Saffron (குங்குமபூ) for preparing Neivedhyams during Navarathri. Then didn’t get a chance to use it. Last Sunday thought of making ghee rice with saffron infused in it. Prepare the dish for the first time but turned out great. Saffron gave a vibrant colour and aroma to t

In our house Appams are prepared mainly during this 3 festivals – Krishna Jayanthi, Avani Avittam, Vinayaka Chadurthi. My mom only uses wheat flour. I have heard people preparing it with Rice flour/All purpose flour. It depends on your choice & taste bud. You can also deep fry appams in Oil. Thi

This is such a simple dish that can be made with minimal ingredients. My grandma is pro in making these awesome seedais. When me and my brother used to visit her place for summer.

Fridays are generally refered as auspicious day.During Aadi and Thai(Thamizh Months) various types of poojas are performed at home and temples as well. In our Mother-in-law’s family there is a tradition of offering ‘Maa ViLakku’ as one of the Neivedhyams during these auspicious Fridays. I generally

Yesterday was ‘Thiruvadhirai’.It is an auspicious day for Lord Shiva and special prayers are held mostly at all Shiva Temples.The festival is popularly known as ‘Aarudhra Dharshanam’.There are lots of interesting mythological facts and stories on the reason for this particular festival.

First thing comes to mind regarding Diwali celebration is eating sweets 🙂 .In our house, celebrations preparation kickedoff yesterday .With my mom’s assistance prepared Rava laddus at home and it came out very well.The ingredients used are mostly readily available.I have not added milk,shredded coc