SAKKARAI PAAL PONGAL

Aadi festival is celebrated for the birth of the tamil month of Aadi (July - August)
This festival is special for various forms of Amman(Godess Durga). Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays of this month are considered very auspicious.For this year's, first aadi velli , a traditional neivaidhyam for amman.

SAKKARAI PAAL PONGAL :

INGREDIENTS:

Rice - 1 cup
Moong dal - 1/4 cup
Jaggery as your wish --i used 200 gms
Milk-1/2 litreCashews,Badam and elachi --few numbers
Ghee

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Boil water in a pot . Once it starts boiling , add rice and dal with little water and milk.
2) Leave in medium flame and cover it with a lid.
3) Meanwhile dissolve jaggery in hot water and filter the impurities .
4) Once the water in rice pot is drained completely , add jaggery syrup and mix them well .
5 ) Add 1 cup of ghee , stir it up. Leave it flame till it thickens .
6) Garnish it with ghee roasted cashews,badam and elachi .

RED AVAL SAKKARAI PONGAL

INGREDIENTS :

Red Aval / Poha - 2 cups (soaked in water for 10-20 minutes)
Moong dal - 3 tbsps
Jaggery - 50 gms
Milk - 1/4 cup
Ghee
Cashews

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Take thick jaggery syrup and filter the impurities .
2) Soak moong dal in hot water for an hour.
3) Boil moong dal with sufficient water in a pan till it softens.
4) Add washed and soaked aval to it.
5) Followed by Jaggery syrup . Add a ladle of ghee and mix it up well till pongal consistency is reached .
6) Add milk and stir it up before removing from the flame .

Garnish it with Ghee roasted Cashews . Serve hot with Coconut pieces and banana slices.

VELLAM THENGGAIPAAL SEMIYA PAYASAM / COCONUT MILK JAGGERY VERMICILLI KHEER

Tamil Month 'Aadi' is a very special month for various forms of Goddess Durga .Every friday of this month is very auspicious for us .Last friday of aadi , we celebrate Varalakhmi Viratham . We generally prepare a sweet prasadams for Aadi Velli . 

I prepared this yummy kheer for the first friday of this month .

INGREDIENTS :

Coconut milk - 1 1/2 cups thick
Jaggery syrup - 1 1/2 cups
Vermicilli - 1 cup
Ghee

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Roast vermicilli in a spoon of ghee for 2-3 minutes till golden.
2) Meanwhile , take thick coconut milk and prepare jaggery syrup without impurities.
3) Heat a heavy bottomed vessel and boil coconut milk .
4) When it starts boiling well , add roasted semiya to it and stir it up well  .
5) Then , add jaggery syrup to it and mix it up well . Simmer to slow flame till done . Add few spoons of ghee before removing from the flame .Garnish with Almonds / Cashews.

SUGARCANE JUICE PONGAL

INGREDIENTS:

Rice - 1 cup
Moong dal - 1/4 cup
Milk - 1/4 cup
Jaggery  --i used 100gms

Sugarcane juice - 2 cups
Cashews,Badam and elachi --few numbers

Ghee

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Boil 1 cup of water and sugarcane juice in a pot . Once it starts boiling , add rice and dal.
2) Leave in medium flame and cover it with a lid.
3) Meanwhile dissolve jaggery in hot water and filter the impurities .
4) Once the water in rice is drained completely , add jaggery syrup and mix them well .
5 ) Leave it flame till it thickens .
6) Add milk before removing from the flame . Temper it with ghee roasted cashews,badam and elachi .

Linking it with Viji's Soul Food Show .

KALKANDU PAAL PONGAL

INGREDIENTS :

Raw Rice - 1/2 cup

Moong dal - 150 gms

Milk - 1 cup

Kalkandu/Candy sugar - 150 gms 

Ghee

Cashews,Raisins 

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Cook rice and dal with a very soft pongal consistency. 

2) Then add milk to it and mix it well.

3) Mix thick kalakandu syrup to it and stir it up well with a ladle of ghee.

4)Garnish with ghee roasted cashews and raisins.

Linking it to Know your Dairy - Milk guest hosted by me , event started by Jagruti .

and Sharanya's Traditional Recipes Event : 

PAAL PONGAL

INGREDIENTS :

Raw Rice - 1 cup

Moong dal - 1/4 cup

Milk - 5 cups

Ghee

Cashews,Raisins , Elachi

Salt to taste

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Cook rice and dal with milk till very soft.

2) Stir it up well with a ladle of ghee.

3)Garnish with ghee roasted cashews .

Linking it to Know your Dairy - Milk guest hosted by me , event started by Jagruti .

and Sharanya's Traditional Recipes Event :