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    Tamil Festivals

    Tamil Festival food. Recipes made for offering naivedyam on various festivals celebrated by Tamilians. Includes popular traditional items on the festival menu and for celebrations. Detailed recipes with step by step instructions.

    • 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
    • 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
    • Brass vessel filled with reddish brown Tomato rasam. Pieces of tomato floating on top. A red and white napkin to the left, all of it on a brown wooden background
      Tomato Rasam from Homemade Rasam Powder
    • 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
    • Six rectangles showing six different dishes for Navaratri naivedyam, some on leaves, some in bowls with coloured napkins in the background.
      Easy Navaratri Naivedyam and Sundal Recipes
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Brass bowl with reddish brown liquid rasam with tomatoes and fried neem flowers seen on the surface. Fresh neem leaves in the background and a brass cup on the side with fried neem flowers. All on a yellow background
      Neem Flower Mango Rasam/ Vepampoo Mangai Rasam
    • Glass jar heaped with reddish brown raw mango thokku, a pickle like relish. On a brown background with a white and green checked napkin to the right
      Raw Mango Thokku - Spicy Mango Relish
    • 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
    • Vanilla Apricot Black Rice Kheer Payasam. The rice is soft and chewy with a nutty taste and a heady aroma. Flavoursome, delicious and nutritious!
      Vanilla Apricot Black Rice Kheer Payasam - a Festive Pudding
    • 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
    • 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
    • Reddish brown soup like pineapple and tomato rasam in a blue bowl with a spoon showing tempering of pineapple and tomato. All on a yellow background
      Pineapple Rasam with Homemade Rasam Powder
    • Black eyed Peas Sundal for Navaratri
      Black Eyed Peas Sundal - Navaratri Karamani Sundal
    • 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
    • Cluster Beans Paruppu Usili_PepperOnPizza.com
      Kothavarangai Paruppu Usili - Cluster Beans Dal Paste Curry
    • Brown coloured sambar in a brass bowl, with green curry leaves and pale white and red small onions floating on top. The bowl rests on an orange and red zari silk saree and has a white book with blue letters on Tamil merchants, on the right. All on a white background
      Arachuvitta Sambar with Coconut and Spice Paste
    • Badam Halwa_festive sweet of of Saffron and Almonds_
      Kesar Badam Halwa -Almond Saffron Dessert
    • Uppu Seedai from store bought flour, for a traditional Tamilian savoury made for Gokulashtami naivedyam
      Easy Uppu Seedai From Store Bought Flour

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