Viratha Prasadam

Ok today I have successfully completed one week in the monthly blogging marathon. It feels so good. Really a space that I was not able to give attention to and for which I made a resolution to work on religiously. Am proud of myself. A treat awaits me when I finish the other three weeks as well.

  Any viratham pooja we do at our home. This is the regular offering that is done. Its a platter to God, comprising of paal payasam , some vareity rice and crispy vadai. 

This was a platter i made for last year varalakshmi viratham poojai. Easy to make and put together. Though the recipes are already there on my blog I wish to write them again here. 

 Let me start of with lemon rice

Ingredients

Cooked rice - 1 cup

Juice of one lemon

Turmeric powder - a pinch

Salt to taste

Mustard seeds, Channa dal, Curry Leaves for tempering

Method

In a small bowl, take the juice of a lemon

Add a pinch of turmeric powder and salt to it

Keep aside

Cut green chilies into very small pieces

In a wok, add a little oil and saute some peanuts and cashew nuts.

In the same wok, add a little oil, 

When I mean little, its like one tablespoon, not more than that

When the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, channa dal

Allow the mustard to sputter and channa dal to roast well

Switch of the heat

Add the lemon juice mixture

One should not heat the lime juice, as it will turn the tangy taste into a bad one 

Mix the cooked rice and fluff it a bit. 

Garnish with curry leaves and it is ready to serve

Masala Vadai 

Ingredients 

Channa dal - 1 cup ( soaked for 2 hours in warm water )

Finely chopped onions - 1/2 cup

Finely chopped chilies - 1 tbsp

Finely chopped curry leaves - 1 tbsp

Oil - for deep fry

Salt to taste 

Method 

Blend the soaked channa into a coarse paste

In a bowl mix the paste, onions and greenchillies along with required salt

Make small balls out of the batter and flatten them 

Heat oil in a deep wok, and drop the flat channa patties in the oil and fry them till golden brown

You can eat it as such or with coconut chutney

Pal Payasam

This is the most simple and easy dish that you can do.

There is no actual measurement to be used.

And no matter the measurement, it turns out to be a delicacy

Measurements I used

Cooked rice - 1 cup

Sugar - 2 cups

Milk - 4 cups

Cardamo powder a pinch

Roasted cashew and raisins ( optional )

Method

In a heavy bottomed vessel. mix the cooked rice and sugar

Bring it to a boil until the sugar dissolves

Add milk and let it boil well

Make sure the whole thing is done on low flame

This is to ensure that the condensation of milk happens as the flavor enhances

Dust in some cardamom powder and roasted nuts if you need to.

Else you can have it just like that.