Aadi Paal
Ingredients: Grated coconut – 1.5 cups Rice flour – 1 tblsp Water – as req Cardamom – 2 nos Ghee/ clarified butter – 1 tsp Cashews – few For syrup: Grated jaggery/ vellam – 1 cup Water – ¼ cup Procedure: In a sauce pan, […]
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Aadi Perukku
Curd rice
Ingredients: Boiled rice – 1 cup Thick curd – ½ cup Boiled milk – ¼ cup Mustard seeds – ½ tsp Urad dhal – 1 tsp Dry red chili – 2 nos Curry leaves – 1 sprig Coriander leaves – 1 tsp (finely chopped) Mild […]
Coconut Rice
Ingredients: Boiled rice – 1 cup Grated coconut – 2 tblsp Kadalaparuppu – 1 tblsp Peanuts – 1 tblsp Dry red chili – 2 nos Curry leaves – 1 sprig Mustard seeds – ½ tsp coconut oil – 1tblsp Salt – as req Procedure: Place […]
Lemon Rice
Ingredients: Boiled rice – 1 cup Lemon juice – 2 tblsp Kadalaparuppu – 1 tblsp Peanuts – 1 tblsp Dry red chili – 2 nos Curry leaves – 1 sprig Mustard seeds – ½ tsp Tumeric powder – ½ tsp Asafetida – a generous pinch […]
Sweet Pongal
Sakkarai Pongal: Ingredients: Raw rice – 1 cup Moong dhal – ½ cup Ghee/ clarified butter – ¼ cup Milk – ¼ cup (optional) Cashews – 5-8 nos Dry grapes – 10 nos Cardamom powder – a generous pinch Pacha karpooram/ edible camphor – a […]
Kaaparisi
Ingredients: Raw rice- ½ cup Jaggery – ½ cup Pottukadalai/ roasted gram – 1 tblsp Ellu/sesame seeds – 1 tsp Cardamom powder – a generous pinch Ghee – 1tsp Procedure: Soak half a cup of raw rice for about an hour and drain the […]
MAA Vilaku
Ingredients Raw rice – 1 cup Jaggery – ½ cup Cardamom powder – a generous pinch LAMP Kunkumam – as req Ghee – 1 tsp cotton wick – 2 nos Procedure Soak a cup of raw rice for an hour, drain the water completely and […]
Aadi Perukku
Being from CAVERY delta region, we celebrate AADI PERUKKU every year without fail. In my hometown we call it as PADINETTAM PERUKKU-PADINETTU means “EIGHTEEN” & PERUKKU means “RISING”. This is a unique Tamil festival which is celebrated on Tamil month of AADI 18th day.The aadi […]
