Variety Rice
SWEET 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 […]
Everything from Scratch
Puratasi Poojai
NO Onion-Garlic Meal
White Rice: Ingredients: Raw rice – 1 cup Water – 2 cups Procedure: Wash the rice completely and add 2 cups of water for a cup of rice. Pressure cook it for about 3 whistles or cook it for about 10 mins under low flame. […]
Puratasi Theertham
Ingredients: Plain water – 2 cup Holy basil/thulasi – 3-4 nos Cardamom – 1 no Clove/ lavangam – 2nos Nutmeg/ Jathikai – a generous pinch Edible camphor/ pachai karporam – a generous pinch Saffron – 2-3 strands Procedure: In a pestle mortar, add cardamom, clove, […]
Puratasi Poojai
About Puratasi month and Pooja: A very special month for Hindu-Tamilians and it is auspicious to “Lord Venkatachalapathy/Venkateswara”, it is believed that Lord came to Earth on this auspicious month. Special Pooja performed at “Tirumala-Thirupathi”. Vegetarians strictly follow NO-Onion/Garlic in their diet and NON-Vegetarians avoid […]
