On the evening during sunset devotees will do pooja for Lord Krishna and do Nivedhiyam (offer) with Butter, Milk, Aval, Thattai, Seedai, Appam, Muruku and so many sweets and fruits.
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August 29, 2011
Krishna Jayanthi Celebrations
Gokulashtami celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna. It is one of the most celebrated festivals for Hindus not only in India also all over the world. Butter is favorite for Lord Krishna. He is fond of Milk, Curd, Butter and Sweets. During Krishna's childhood, he is fond of butter and he will steal the butter from the pots that will spill out in the floor and when he runs, it forms a nice palm prints. So people keeping this in mind and draw small prints in the entrance to Pooja room.
On the evening during sunset devotees will do pooja for Lord Krishna and do Nivedhiyam (offer) with Butter, Milk, Aval, Thattai, Seedai, Appam, Muruku and so many sweets and fruits.
On the evening during sunset devotees will do pooja for Lord Krishna and do Nivedhiyam (offer) with Butter, Milk, Aval, Thattai, Seedai, Appam, Muruku and so many sweets and fruits.
January 20, 2011
Pongal Celebrations
WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY PONGAL
Pongal is a four days celebrations, starting with the Bhogi festival involving burning of waste and old materials. It marks the beginning of new life.
We will Prepare "Poli, Vadai and Payasam".
The second day is the Pongal day celebration, we will boil the milk in the pot and we will do sweet pongal for nivedhiyam.
We will decorate the pot with "Turmeric leaf, Kumkum and Sandhanam", and also we will put Kolam infront our house.
Tie the turmeric leaf around the pot.
Nowadays most of them are preparing pongal in cooker. In olden days pongal will be prepared in Sand Pot.
Third is the "Mattu Ponagl" we will decorate the cows and we should thank for the harvest.
The last day is called as "Kanum Pongal". On this day we can enjoy with our family.
Ok Lets see how we are celebrating Pongal and also the preparation Of Pongal.
How to celebrate Pongal:
Celebration Of Bhogi:
- Clean house well. Put Kolam infront of our house.
- Poli is made for Bhogi day and also we will prepare vadai and payasam.
- After the preparation of these item. we will do "Nivedhiyam" to the God.
Celebration Of Pongal:- - Initial Preparation before starting the function. - Decorate the pot with "Turmeric leaf, Kumkum Sandhanam".Tie the turmeric leaf around the pot.
Menu for Kanum Pongal is "Variety Rice".
- Lemon Rice
- Puliyodharai
- Coconut Rice
- Payasam
- Vadai
- Applam with vadam
How to Prepare Sarkarrai Pongal:
Sarkarai Pongal is a famous South Indain Recipe.
Ingredients:
Raw Rice - 1Cup
Jaggery - 1/2
Ealichi -Few
Water - 2Cup
Method Of Preparation:
- Keep the kadai in the gas stove. Pour the water and let it cook for 5mintues.
- Now put the rice and let the rice should be cooked completely.
- Now add the ealchi and jaggery. Mix it well.
- Let it boil for 5minutes.
- Sarkarrai Pongal is ready now.
January 6, 2011
Pori Urundai
Pori Urundai, Especially we will prepare this for "Thiru Karthigai".
Ingredients:
Pori - 4cups
Jaggery - 1/2
Elaichi - Few
Coconut Piece - Few
Method Of Preparation:
- Make jaggery into fine powder.
- Keep kadai in the gas stove. Pour a little amount of water and put the jaggery together.
- Now we have to take vela pagu. Take jaggery juice and pour it in water, it should not dissolve, we should be able to make it in a rounded ball shape.
- Pagu is ready now.
- Put ealichi, coconut piece and pori together and mix it well.
- Switch Off the gas. Now add pori and make it in a round shape.
- Pori Urundai is ready for neivedhiyam.
Ingredients:
Pori - 4cups
Jaggery - 1/2
Elaichi - Few
Coconut Piece - Few
Method Of Preparation:
- Make jaggery into fine powder.
- Keep kadai in the gas stove. Pour a little amount of water and put the jaggery together.
- Now we have to take vela pagu. Take jaggery juice and pour it in water, it should not dissolve, we should be able to make it in a rounded ball shape.
- Pagu is ready now.
- Put ealichi, coconut piece and pori together and mix it well.
- Switch Off the gas. Now add pori and make it in a round shape.
- Pori Urundai is ready for neivedhiyam.
Appam
Appam is very easy to prepare and its very tasty to eat. Usually we will prepare this item for neivedhiyam like "Gokulashtami and Karthigai".
Lets move into the preparation.
Ingredients:
Wheat Flour - 2Cups
Elaichi - Few
Rice Flour - 1tbsp
Jaggery - 1/2
Water - 2Cups
Coconut Piece - Few
Coconut Oil
Method Of Preparation:
- Make jaggery into fine powder.
- Take a big bowl. Now put wheat flour, rice flour, jaggery, elaichi and coconut piece together.
- Pour water and mix it well without any lumps.
- The batter should not be so watery or it should not be so thick.
- The batter should be medium.
- If you have kuzhi paniyaram kadai, then keep it in a gas stove.
- Now drop oil into the kuzhi and pour the prepared batter.
- Allow this to cook.
- Appam is ready now.
Lets move into the preparation.
Ingredients:
Wheat Flour - 2Cups
Elaichi - Few
Rice Flour - 1tbsp
Jaggery - 1/2
Water - 2Cups
Coconut Piece - Few
Coconut Oil
Method Of Preparation:
- Make jaggery into fine powder.
- Take a big bowl. Now put wheat flour, rice flour, jaggery, elaichi and coconut piece together.
- Pour water and mix it well without any lumps.
- The batter should not be so watery or it should not be so thick.
- The batter should be medium.
- If you have kuzhi paniyaram kadai, then keep it in a gas stove.
- Now drop oil into the kuzhi and pour the prepared batter.
- Allow this to cook.
- Appam is ready now.
Pal Payasam
Sai Baba loves sweets. so i have an idea to prepare.
Ingredients:
Semiya - 250g
Milk - 4Cups
Water - 1Cup
Elaichi - Few
Sugar - 2Cups
Rose Essence - 1tbsp (Optional)
Saffron (optional)
Method Of Preparation:
- Keep kadai in the gas stove. Pour water, allow this to boil for 5mintues.
- Now put sevai and let it be boil for another 5 mintues.
- Mean time boil the milk and take it in a bowl.
- Now come to sevai part. Add sugar and elachi powder. Let it cook for 2minutes.
- Now pour the milk and allow this to cook for 5mintues.
- Atlast fry the cashewes and grapes in ghee. Put these to the prepared payasam.
- If you want to add saffron and rose essence. Add it now.
- Now we can do "Neivedhiyam".
- After finishing neivedhiyam "Pal Payasam" prasadham is ready to serve for devotees.
- Here is an one more clip.
December 12, 2010
Karthigai Special
Thirukarthigai Deepam comes on the month karthigai that is on full moon day. Thirukarthigai is very special in “Thiruvanamali”. Whole month we will celebrate with oil lamps and lights in front of our house. On the Karthigai Deepam day we will keep lot of oil lamps in our house.
There is an interesting story behind to celebrate karthigai. Once upon a time Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma began to quarrel like who is the most powerful of the two. While they were fighting Lord shiva appeared in the form of a huge pillar of fire.
Lord Shiva said whoever find top or bottom of the fire is the greatest. Brahma took a bird and tired to top of the fire. Vishnu took a giant pig and tired to bottom of the fire pillar. Both are trying, but they couldnot be able to find both top and bottom of the fire. At that time they both prayed the god. Lord Shiva appeared with the huge pillar of fire.Finally they realised that the pillar wasnone other than Lord shiva.
Lord Shiva appeared as a hill Arunachala at Thiruvanamali in TamilNadu. Thiruvanamali and Arunachala translate as "Holy Fire Hill". Every year thousands of devotees flocks to Tiruvanamali to see the spectacular Karthigai deepam there.
There is an interesting story behind to celebrate karthigai. Once upon a time Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma began to quarrel like who is the most powerful of the two. While they were fighting Lord shiva appeared in the form of a huge pillar of fire.
Lord Shiva said whoever find top or bottom of the fire is the greatest. Brahma took a bird and tired to top of the fire. Vishnu took a giant pig and tired to bottom of the fire pillar. Both are trying, but they couldnot be able to find both top and bottom of the fire. At that time they both prayed the god. Lord Shiva appeared with the huge pillar of fire.Finally they realised that the pillar wasnone other than Lord shiva.
Lord Shiva appeared as a hill Arunachala at Thiruvanamali in TamilNadu. Thiruvanamali and Arunachala translate as "Holy Fire Hill". Every year thousands of devotees flocks to Tiruvanamali to see the spectacular Karthigai deepam there.
For thirukarthigai we will do appam and pori .
- Decorate with oil lamps in the kolam.
- We will decorate our house with mavu kolam.
- We will keep elephant lamp for our brothers. That is the sign of prosperity and wealth.
- Once upon a time there lived a King and he had only one daughter. She loved an elephant which grewed with her and she considered the elephant as her own brother. After she get married she missed the elephant very much. For every thirukarthigai she lift lamp(ie; yanai vilaku) and she prepare "Adai" and keep them as neivedhyam for festival.
- Once upon a time there lived a King and he had only one daughter. She loved an elephant which grewed with her and she considered the elephant as her own brother. After she get married she missed the elephant very much. For every thirukarthigai she lift lamp(ie; yanai vilaku) and she prepare "Adai" and keep them as neivedhyam for festival.
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