Kolam by Sudha Balaji

How to make rava laddu step by step images  We prepare this Rava laddu for Rama Navami.  It belongs to the Thanjavur Marathi recipe category, is prepared without milk  For one measure rava or semolina take 1/4 measure maida ,  3/4 powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar) or burra sakkarai ,  desiccated coconut one tablespoon,   cashew nuts cardamom powder Add ghee to a shallow vessel, fry the rava till it becomes golden brown. Roast maida with a little ghee. Keep both ( rava and maida ) aside. Mix powdered sugar in generous quantity of ghee and mix thoroughly till the mixture becomes like cream. When  rava ,  maida are cooled completely add them to this mixture Add cashew nuts fried in ghee and cardamom powder,   Mix all the ingredients well till they are thoroughly mixed. Then form the laddus by pressing to get spherical shapes. Rava laddu is ready to be served  It is a good evening snack also. It is also on...

These two cool drinks are offered as naivedyam for Sri Rama Navamai.  Very thoughtful of our elders because this festival is celebrated in summer. They can also be very traditional home made cool drinks and hence may be healthy because we use dry ginger, jaggery and cut raw vegetables.   Panak or panagam recipe  Take fresh grated jaggery. Add water and dissolve the jaggery Filter the solution to remove dirt , if any. Add dry ginger powder ( sukku podi in Tamil ) and stir well Add cardamom powder Squeeze lemon juice - two one medium sized lemons Stir well and store in a fridge.  It is like Devamritham as we say on a hot summer day,  very refreshing drink Neer mor or spicy butter milk Add water to curd and stir well to make butter milk Add salt. Add peeled and cut mango pieces Add peeled and cut cucumber pieces Add asafoetida Add curry leaves saute ( mustard and cumin seeds ) These are quick and easy recipes described in qu...

 We celebrate the festival with panagam , buttermilk and kosimbhir.  All these have a cooling effect since the festival comes during April when it is quite hot in Tamil Nadu. Panagam is prepared by adding jaggery powder in water. Add cardamom, dry ginger. Add lemon juice to get this recipe.  Neer mor - To buttermilk we add unripe mango pieces and cucumber. Seasoning is done with mustard and cumin seeds. Kosimbhir is a type of salad made from moong dhall soaked in water for half an hour.  Small pieces of cucumber and carrots (raw, grated and of course washed). If mango pieces are added lemon juice extracted from a piece of lemon is not required. Another important offering for Sri Rama Navami is rava laddu.                                     Rama Navami recipes - Paanakam , Neer mor ( butter milk ) and Kosimbhir Sri Rama Navami (celebration of the birth of Sri Rama). ...