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    Indian Festivals Food recipes and customs

    Recipes for Sweets, savouries, and items such as pachadi and rasam made for specific Indian festivals such as Rama Navami, Tamil or Telugu New Years Day, Christmas etc. Traditional recipes from Tamilnadu and other regions of the country.

    Mango Ginger Peppercorn Pickle in a tall glass jar with round slices of the mango ginger showing along with dark hued peppercorns. Pale green and white napkin to the left of the image, and all on a beige background

    Mango Ginger Green Peppercorn Pickle

    Creamy yellow servings of Kalkandu Sakkarai Pongal studded with fried raisins, on pieces of banana leaf; one serving in a silver bowl, the other directly on the leaf. A pale pink hibiscuis flower behind them with the edge of a pink and green taselled green silk fabric seen in the background. All on a brown wooden background

    Kalkandu Sakkarai Pongal with Rock Sugar, Saffron

    Bowl of well cooked rice and lentils. Hot savoury ven pongal tempered in ghee with cumin and pepper and garnished with cashew.

    Traditional Savoury Ven Pongal of Rice with Lentils

    Large white plate with orange pink rose khova paneer modaks, shaped like small cones with pointed tops. Plate on a pink and gold zari silk fabric

    Rose Khova Paneer Modak for Ganesh Chaturthi

    Brown clay bowl filled with pale yellow lemon rice garnsihed with brown peanuts and green cilantro leaves. A green and white checked napkin to the left and pieces of cilantro to the right. All on a pale grey background tinged with yellow

    Tangy Quick Lemon Rice with Gondhoraj Lebu

    White mixture of Chunka Dahi Pakhala Bhaat, cooked rice soaked in water and curd, in a blue rimmed pot. Slices of lemon, curry leaves, fried cumin and chilies seen on the surface. Bowl of sliced yellow mangoes and fried brinjal slices in a blue pottery pan with handles on the right, a mustard yellow napkin with white fletches on the left and bottom of the pot.

    Chunka Dahi Pakhala/Odia Seasoned Fermented Rice

    Bisi Bele Huli Anna, a Brownish yellow hued rice and lentils mix with mustard seeds and green curry leaves tempering, in a white bowl on a yellow background. Black page of a newspaper to the left and a napkin with black squares to the right.

    Bisi Bele Huli Anna/ Spiced Rice and Lentils

    Cooked dry green peas with coconut raw mango and peanuts wrapped in a roll of newspaper resting on a sand and pink coloured mat on a yellow background

    Thenga Manga Pattani Sundal/ Marina Beach Sundal

    Three bowls each with a different flavour of cooked mochai double beans, one brown spiced, one with curry leaves, one with green coriander leaves. A beige spice mix jar in the back, a bowl with yellow lemon, red chili and green cilantro and a beige and white napkin to the left

    Mochai Sundal for Navaratri - 3 Flavours

    Yellow hued raw mango rice in a white bowl edged with beige, on a yellow background. An orange and brown covered cook book on the side and a beige and white napkin in the background

    Raw Mango Rice - Make Mango Rice/ Mangai Sadam

    Brown hued Puliyodharai Tamarind Rice with peanuts on a white bowl with a thin beige edge, on a dark wooden background

    Puliyodharai /Tamarind Spice Rice from Pulikachal

    Thiruvathirai Ezhukari kootu, a stew from 7 vegetables in a brown tamraind gravy, garnished with cilantro, in a 2 handled brass bowl, on a gray wooden background

    Thiruvathirai Ezhukari Kootu Kuzhambu For Kali

    Thiruvathirai Kali, a brown coloured sweet dish, in a brass bowl and some spread on a green banana leaf. Vegetable stew in another bowl and on the leaft, with a pat of white butter by the side

    Thiruvathirai Kali with Rice Flour and Jaggery

    Colourful paper mache and clay dolls of Hindu Gods and other decorative items for Navaratri Golu in Chennai, India

    Navaratri Golu and How To Keep It

    A plate of vella seedai from Store bought flour, with a bowl of smaller uppu seedai all on a pink silk fabric with a purple flower in the background and small silver lamps just behind the plate

    Vella Seedai from Store Bought Flour for Gokulashtami

    A plate of brown fried dry vegetables, Ker Sangri (berries and beans) and lotus stem slices on a long white plate with scalloped edges. A silver edged box and roasted pappad in the background

    Ker Sangri / Traditional Rajasthani Sabzi

    Green chunks of mixed vegetable curry in mustard paste and coconut, on a green piece of banana leaf resting on a clay plate. A clay tumbler in the bakcground with yellow mango lassi, white cooked rice on a banana leaf and a white hibiscus flower complete the presentation

    Traditional Odia Vegetable Besara in Mustard Paste

    Black eyed Peas Sundal for Navaratri

    Black Eyed Peas Sundal - Navaratri Karamani Sundal

    A bowl of Raw Banana Varutha Erissery, a curry of green plantain cooked in turmeric and roasted coconut paste, resting on a green and gray book and a white and green checked napkin on the right

    Raw Banana Varutha Erissery with Roasted Coconut

    Raw Mango Pachadi for Tamil New Years Day in a brass bowl with a tempering of chilies and mustard seeds and garnish of Neem flowers

    Raw Mango Pachadi with Neem Flowers - Mangai Vepampoo Pachadi

    Tall steel glasses of Neer Mor, buttermilk. Green grated cucumber and curry leaves are seen floating on top. A green gold striped saree on the right, curry leaves everywhere, all on a reddish brown background

    Neer Mor: Spiced Buttermilk with Cucumber

    Easy Navaratri Naivedyam and Sundal Recipes

    Uppu Seedai from store bought flour, for a traditional Tamilian savoury made for Gokulashtami naivedyam

    Easy Uppu Seedai From Store Bought Flour

    Panakam, brown jaggery and dry ginger drink in a brass tumbler and a brass bowl, garnished with green tulsi leaves, dry ginger piece and tulsi leaves on the left, red and blue silk saree in the background. All on a yellow background

    Panakam Naivedyam for Sri Rama Navami

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