The fifth day has arrived and only 4 more days to go. For the fifth day of Navrathri I made beetroot halwa, Lemon rice for morning neivedhyam and White channa sundal with sesame spice paste for the evening. Yesterday as I visited my sister, I came home very tired and…
Yesterday was the fourth day of Navrathri and from the 4th day till 6th day Goddess Lakshmi is worshiped. Fortunately I got a lotus yesterday and it made a nice decoration to the kolam I drew before the Kalasam. For the morning I made Rava Laddu and Mandakki Oggarane, leaving…
For the second day of Navrathri, I prepared 4 dishes, 2 for the morning neivedhyam and 2 for the evening. For the morning offering, I made coconut rice and Sojjapppam and for the evening I made green gram sundal and Puttu cups. My days are growing hectic with Sruti on…
Happy Navarathri To All My Readers Yesterday was the start of the famous Indian festival navrathri. Navrathri means 9 nights and the festival is completed on the 10th day with Vijayadashami. I am not very good at telling stories but my mom used to tell us nice stories about…
Saraswathi Pooja is the final day of the nine day Navrathri Celebrations. So in the morning I made phirni and sweet corn saadam. it has been a divine experience so far. On the day of Saraswathi Pooja, all the materials connectied to our profession and books of kids are kept…
This post was supposed to be for Rakshabandhan. I almost sat before my PC when I got the phone that mom was hospitalized. So I shut down my PC and started to my mom’s place. I even forgot to take the rakhi for my brother. And the following days were…
Mom used to make mixture during Deepavali. It is a combination of 4-5 individual snacks merged into one. The ingredients of mixture is as per our choice. The most commonly used are kaara boondhi, aval/ poha/ flattened rice, murukku, diamond biscuits, chevu, oma podi, cheeval (click on the names for the…
When I resided in Mysore, I used to eagerly wait for Sankranti so that I can get ellu bella from my friends and neighbours. Each and every house has their own version of this snack and we used to get so many packs of ellu bella from friends during the…
Wish You All A Very Happy Pongal Pongal is an important festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu. It is the harvest festival and Tamilians prepare pongal on the day and give it as an offering to Sun God. Today is the second day of the festival. This is called as Surya…
For Thiruvaadhirai I prepared this adai along with Thiruvaadhira Kali and Elu Kari Kulambu. All the three are traditional dishes prepared specially on the Thiruvaadhirai day. I saw about this recipe at Rak’s Kitchen. I followed her recipe and ended up with delicious soft adais. The cooking part was bit…