Sri Ganesha Chaturti Prasaadams - Jevvarisi Paayasam - Sago Pudding

JEVVARISI PAAYASAM

Ganesha is Lambodara - the pot bellied one. Apart from the hundreds of sweets and savouries offered to Him by His devotees, the Chubby Baby  loves  fruits, vegetables, roots and tubers too.Sweet potato and Tapioca are supposed to be His favourite root vegetables.

Jevvarisi / Sago is manufactured using the tapioca root. Ganesha will be most pleased with the  sweet Jevvarisi  Paayasam  prepared out of His favourite tapioca.

                                                  

INGREDIENTS

Sago - 1 cup
Crushed jaggery - 1 cup

Boiled and  reduced milk or thick coconut milk - 2 cups

Saffron - a few strands
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

Pachche karpoora ( edible camphor ) - 1 small flake

Cashew nuts - a few
Raisins - a few

Ghee - 2 tbsps

METHOD

1. Dry roast the sago till it pops up.
2. Wash the roasted sago and drain the water.

3.Cover it with a lid and allow it to soften for about half an hour.

                                                 

4. Dissolve jaggery in 2 1/2 cups of water and filter.

5. Boil the jaggery water till it emanates a very pleasant aroma.

6. Add the softened sago to the jaggery water  and cook till it thickens.

7. Add saffron strands, powdered cardamom and camphor and switch off flame.

8. Stir in the milk / coconut milk.

9. Heat ghee and fry the cashew nuts and raisins till golden in colour and add it to the paayasam.

                                                  

Allow the  paayasam to set in a bowl or in small individual bowls. Offer the thick  Jevvarisi Paayasam to Lord Ganesha and enjoy the prasaadam.

Rajgira Aloo Tikki

Rajgira flour is generally preferred as a fasting food since it is a non-cereal flour. The flour is prepared from the amaranth seeds. Mostly this flour is made as parathas. Being gluten free, it is suitable for gluten intolerant people.  I tried making tikkis with this flour. Used some mashed potatoes for binding. Very easy to make if you have cooked potatoes in hand.

Yield - 9 nos

Time Taken - 15 minutes

You need

• Rajgira flour - 1 cup


• Cooked and mashed potatoes - 1 cup ( I used 2 big potatoes)


• Ginger,green chilly paste - 1 tspn


• Seasoning ingredients - Salt, lemon juice, hing and chopped coriander


• Oil to shallow fry

Method

Take all the ingredients except oil in a bowl. Mix well. No need to add water. The moisture from potatoes will help to bind the mixture.  Pinch off lime sized dough and shape into tikkis.  If you want some crunch, you can roll the tikkis in sesame seeds. This step is optional.

Heat a tawa. Place the tikkis. Drizzle oil on the tikkis. When the bottom gets cooked, flip and cook the other side. Enjoy hot with some ketchup or chutney.

I am sending this tikkis to the Fasting Food event by MomChef at Sizzling Tastebuds.

Check out what my blogging marathon buddies have cooked for the day

Diwali - "Festival Of LIGHTS" - Event Aug 31st to Oct 31st

Diwali- "Festival Of LIGHTS" is the most popular festival of Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism, celebrated for different reasons, occurring between mid-October and mid-November. 

The name "Diwali" which translates into "Row Of Lamps". Diwali involves the lighting of small slay lamps filled with oil to signify the triumph of good over evil. 

The festival starts with Dhanteras on which most Indian business communities begin their financial year. The second day of the festival, Naraka Chaturdasi, marks the vanquishing of the demon Naraka by Lord Krishna and his wife Sayabhama. Amavsya, the third day of Deepawali, marks the worship of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth in her most benevolent mood, fulfilling wishes of her devotees. Amavasya also tells the story of  Lord Vishnu, who is the dwarf incarnation vanquished the Bali, and banished him to Patala. It is on the fourth day of Deepawali, Katika Shudda Padyami, that Bal went to  Patala and took reins of his new kingdom in there. The fifth day is reffed as Yama Dvitiya, and on this day sisters invite their brothers to their homes.

Lets go back to the Event .........

During Diwali, all the celebrants wear new clothes and share  sweets and snacks with family members and friends. So I thought why not make sweets and snacks with all my fellow bloggers.

So why waiting for the beautiful day.....as we know we all make sweets and snacks before a week or two or whenever we have time....I thought we can make and share the recipes and help out others who don't know how to make or who are searching to try new recipes all at one stop place......HERE...... :)

So let's share and celebrate Diwali together..........

Now the EVENT RULES:

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1. Bloggers and Non-Bloggers are welcome to post as many recipes as you want. 

2. Non-Bloggers can send the recipes to my email at anu (DOT) healthykitchen (AT) gmail (DOT) com.

3. Recipes can be any Sweets, Snack (sweet or savory), or any Vegetarian dishes which you prepare usually during this Diwali festival.

4. Using the LOGO is MANDATORY to spread the word.

5. Please link all the recipes through the Linky tool, if you find it difficult to do so, leave a comment or write to me anu (DOT) healthykitchen (AT) gmail (DOT) com.

6. This event will be open till October 31st. (Diwali is on 26th October!)

Hope to see lot all of yummy recipes!