Following are the recipes i tried out as Prashadhams for my golu.
Aval Inipu(Sweet poha)
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Ingredients
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1) Aval(Poha) - 2 tumblers
2) Jaggery(Grated)- 2 Tumblers
3)cashenuts - 10
5)Dried Grape (Kismis) - some
6)Ghee - 3 tspn
Method
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1)Wash Aval in water and drain water immediately so that they are still crisp.You can wash them in Milk also to enhance the taste
2)Take grated or powdered jaggery in a kadai and heat them by sprinkling some water. Heat it till there are bubbles by stirring.Pour them onto aval.
3)Fry the cashewnuts and kismis in ghee and pour them onto aval.
Delicious Aval inipu is ready in seconds..
Rava Halwa(Kesari)
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Ingredients
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Rava - 1 cup
sugar - 1 cup
Ghee - 5 tspns
Water - 3 cups
Method
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Boil water in a kadai by mixing sugar in it till you get bubbles.If you want you can add kesari colour also. Add rava and dont touch it for 2-3 minutes. When it all joins together add ghee into it and mix it thouroughly. Add friend cashenuts and kismis.
Sweet Rava Halwa is ready in minutes
Sundal
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Ingredients
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Channa(Sundal) - 2 cups
Oil- 3 tspn
Red chilli- 4
Grated coconut - some
Soris(Kadugu) - some
Soak channa in water for 6 hours.Then boil them in a cooker for about 10 -15 minutes Heat oil in a frying pan and add soris(kadugu).Then add red chilli. Add boiled channa, salt and grated cocnut and fry them for a minute or two.
Soodana Sundal ready.
Puliogare
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Ingredients
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Tamraind - Lemon size
Gingely oil - 8 tspn
Rice - 2 cups
Ground nuts- some
Soris,urad dhal(Ulunthu parupu), Chana dhal(Kadalai parupu)- some
Haldi(Manjal)- a bit
Red chilli - 5-6
Salt to taste
Soak tamrind in water for half an hour and then extract juice out of it. Cook rice in a pressure cooker with 2 times the water and take it out in 2 whistles so that the rice doesn't stick to one another.Add oil in a frying pan and fry soris, urad dhal and chana dhal in it.Then add red chilli, haldi, salt and then add the tamarind juice.Let it boil till the oil comes out. Mix it with rice. Fry the groundnuts in oil separately and mix them with rice.Puliagare is ready.
Lemon Rice
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Ingredients
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Lemon - 2
Gingely oil - 8 tspn
Rice - 2 cups
Ground nuts- some
Soris,urad dhal(Ulunthu parupu), Chana dhal(Kadalai parupu)- some
Haldi(Manjal)- a bit
Red chilli - 5-6
Salt to taste
Extract juice out of the lemons and keep aside. Cook rice in a pressure cooker with 2 times the water and take it out in 2 whistles so that the rice doesn't stick to one another.Add oil in a frying pan and fry soris, urad dhal and chana dhal in it.Then add red chilli, haldi, salt and then add the lemon juice.Let it boil for 3 minutes. Mix it with rice. Fry the groundnuts in oil separately and mix them with rice.Lemon Rice is ready.
Curd Rice
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Ingredients
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Curd - 1 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Rice - 2 cups
Ginger - some(finely chopped)
soris, urad dhal,channa dhal- some
(Kadugu,Ulunthu parupu, kadalai parupu)
pomegranate seeds - some
Cook rice by adding 3 times the water till they become a paste. Cool them by keeping it out.Then add curd , salt and milk to it and mix thouroughly. Heat oil in a pan and add soris, urad dhal, channa dhal and ginger and add them to tthe rice. Decorate it with pomegranate seeds.
Tip - dont prepare curd rice when the rice is hot.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
My First Golu Experience
I remember the good old days when i was a small girl , I used to visit golus nearby our houses. By the very word Golu i remember all those sweet dolls their arrangement,sundal and the songs.When they asked me to sing in the golu i remember singing some movie song, when the girls who came with me sang Alaipayuthey song(The movie was not released then , otherwise i would have known the song).
Last friday i was feeling very nostalgic when i was talking to my mom about those days. Then suddenly something struck me.I decided i am going to have a golu in my house this time. My in laws and mom were here at my house when i decided this. They were all very happy. But then they said you have to keep it every year if you do it once. I was reluctant. I called my dad who was in my home town and asked him to buy dolls and other things needed for golu.He did it immediately and sent them here to bangalore.
The d-day came and my sister in law helped me with all Nav dhaniyam , dolls and other pooja stuff. When i finished all the settings i was amazed .It turned out to be very good.This is the happiest Dusserah i ever had in my life.All my close friends who knew me well knew for sure i am not that very pious or religious.My main purpose of this golu was to invite everyone to my home. I needed a reason and ofcourse i do dress up everyday with pattu saree,flowers and jewels(hehehehe).
I was wondering why people of the older days had this. Ofcourse they must have been pious. But the real reasion would have been NETWORKING. Those days ladies networking means , "Hey Sudha, is your uncle's ,inlaw's daughter's son still single? We are looking for marriage proposal for our Latha you know?" .Nowadays also its there , but a slight variation .They talk about these things plus other happening things also. Having people everyday at my house was a great joy. I invited all my friends and my husband's friends.
Things to be followed for a Golu( as per my knowledge)
1) Have steps in Odd numbers (3,5,7,9)
2) Grow NavaDhaniyam(Green grams grow well and early, so use them most).
3)Arrange dolls with a theme. Nowadays you get dasavatharam set, Ashtalakshmi set and the so. You can use your own imagination and make a cricket ground, Apartment, Bus Stop and what not.
4)Take bath early in the morning. If you can , fast one time a day.Otherwise atleast avoid non veg.
5)Show Arathi for the dolls and gods everyday in the morning and evening.
6)Water your Navdhaniyam
7)Sing some songs praising the godess Durga/Amman if you can.Otherwise atleast play them in a recorder.
8)Keep water in a jug and keep a coconut on top of it surrounded by mango leaves.This has to be kept all 9 days, so choose a good coconut. After 9 days take this out and prepare some sweet out of it.
9)When people visit your house to see the golu , give them prashadham which you have prepared.Offer them kumkum with the thambulam.Thamboolam includes kumkum, Manjal(Haldi), Yellow rope, Beetle leaves and beetle nuts and a gift of your choice( a blouse bit, Kattori, tray etc..)
10) After 9 days put the navdhaniyam you have grown in any running water.
It was such a pleasant experience that i have already started waiting for next year's golu.
Last friday i was feeling very nostalgic when i was talking to my mom about those days. Then suddenly something struck me.I decided i am going to have a golu in my house this time. My in laws and mom were here at my house when i decided this. They were all very happy. But then they said you have to keep it every year if you do it once. I was reluctant. I called my dad who was in my home town and asked him to buy dolls and other things needed for golu.He did it immediately and sent them here to bangalore.
The d-day came and my sister in law helped me with all Nav dhaniyam , dolls and other pooja stuff. When i finished all the settings i was amazed .It turned out to be very good.This is the happiest Dusserah i ever had in my life.All my close friends who knew me well knew for sure i am not that very pious or religious.My main purpose of this golu was to invite everyone to my home. I needed a reason and ofcourse i do dress up everyday with pattu saree,flowers and jewels(hehehehe).
I was wondering why people of the older days had this. Ofcourse they must have been pious. But the real reasion would have been NETWORKING. Those days ladies networking means , "Hey Sudha, is your uncle's ,inlaw's daughter's son still single? We are looking for marriage proposal for our Latha you know?" .Nowadays also its there , but a slight variation .They talk about these things plus other happening things also. Having people everyday at my house was a great joy. I invited all my friends and my husband's friends.
Things to be followed for a Golu( as per my knowledge)
1) Have steps in Odd numbers (3,5,7,9)
2) Grow NavaDhaniyam(Green grams grow well and early, so use them most).
3)Arrange dolls with a theme. Nowadays you get dasavatharam set, Ashtalakshmi set and the so. You can use your own imagination and make a cricket ground, Apartment, Bus Stop and what not.
4)Take bath early in the morning. If you can , fast one time a day.Otherwise atleast avoid non veg.
5)Show Arathi for the dolls and gods everyday in the morning and evening.
6)Water your Navdhaniyam
7)Sing some songs praising the godess Durga/Amman if you can.Otherwise atleast play them in a recorder.
8)Keep water in a jug and keep a coconut on top of it surrounded by mango leaves.This has to be kept all 9 days, so choose a good coconut. After 9 days take this out and prepare some sweet out of it.
9)When people visit your house to see the golu , give them prashadham which you have prepared.Offer them kumkum with the thambulam.Thamboolam includes kumkum, Manjal(Haldi), Yellow rope, Beetle leaves and beetle nuts and a gift of your choice( a blouse bit, Kattori, tray etc..)
10) After 9 days put the navdhaniyam you have grown in any running water.
It was such a pleasant experience that i have already started waiting for next year's golu.
Do's and Dont's in Orlando
Recently when we were in US we 3 went to orlando.It was quite a nice trip. Would like to list the do's and don'ts out of my own experience
1)Look for a good deal in flight tickets.If you book real early it will be very cheap. You can either plan for a 4 or 5 day trip depending upon your budget. And when you are booking the flight tickets make it such that you reach orlando in the night and when you are starting from there also make it in the night, so that you get full whole days to spend there.
2)Booking a hotel - Book something nearer to the theme parks . So that commutation will cost you less if you prefer to take a cab service. If you are going for a rental car then this might not be a problem .Always carry a car seat if you have a kid, because the rent of the car seat might exceed the actual price of the car seat.Always book a hotel with kitchen in it , because food there is costly.So atleast whenever you can ,you can cook something for yourself.Read reviews in net for the hotels and then book them.
3)Book the entrance tickets to the theme parks. You have to book them well in advance because walt disney tickets are not e tickets. It will take you 10 - 15 days to receive them.
4)Once you book your travel tickets,hotel and then park tickets , start preparing for your travel.
5)http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/myVacation/customizedMaps/index?id=CustomizedMapsSampleMapsPage You can get the maps of all the disney parks from here.
6) In the maps there is explanation about each and every ride and show there. You can go through it and select the items which you want to explore based on your interest. Doing this prior to your trip will help you more because one day in one park in not enough for seeing everything there and you might end up missing something very important there. So if you do a research and select the items which you want to go for, it might be easy.
7)There is something called fast pass in Disney land.Its like booking an appointment. In disney land every ride and show has long queues.To avoid getting struck up in one place for long time you can get fast pass and return to that place at the time indicated.If you select which all rides you should see, go and take fast passes for them first, as many of the rides and shows are really crowded.
8)Photo pass is something which you can ask any Disney photographer there.They will give you a card for free and if you present the card to any Disney photographer they take pictures of you for free. You can log in to net with the address specified there and fill in your details to check the photographs.If you want to order any photographs you can do so online.That will cost you money.
9)Dont miss the Parades in Disney world. They are the speciality items there.Look for the timings before you get there and make your rides adjusting these timings.Once you get to the park ask the route where the parade goes by and well before half an hour get a seat for yourself in the route, because getting a place to stand to watch the parade itself will be difficult.
10)Dont miss any of the fire works in Disney Land. Like parades get yourself placed well before half an hour here also as getting place will be difficult.
11)Cooking - Before you leave buy some ready to eat foods , noodles and the like so that it will make your cooking easy. You can try simple recipes and long lasting food items like puliogare/Lemon Rice/Curd rice. It will be difficult to find an Indian Restaurant near by where you stay so be prepared.
12)Can cook chapathis/Idlis and freeze it.Later when you want to use thewm you can microwave them.Every hotel has a micro wave facility.
13)Dont forget to take Sun Screen ,hat, Drinking water,goggles. Because climate there is really hot. Its better to get drinking water bottles outside the parks because they are very costly there.
14)Wear proper comfortable shoes beacuse you will have to walk in miles inside the parks. Avoid wearing high heels, Chappals or the like. For kids also shoes are better.
15)Stroller for kids is available in every theme park for rent. You can take your own strollers also.
16)Dont forget to take basic medicines for head ache ,fever ,cold, and the like .Take your Health Insurance cards,Passport, Driving License for User identification.Beacuse inside the parks when you book your tickets or get in by using online tickets they ask for user identification.
17)Dont forget to carry your mobile phone and important phone numbers.
18)If you have a digital camera / Handy cam better take your Laptop with it, because you might want to take 100's of pictures there and the memory in your camera will never be enough.
19)Take extra dresses with you in case u get wet or dirty you can use them. In Sea world definitely take an extra pair because its a water park.
20)Have a nice trip to disney :)
1)Look for a good deal in flight tickets.If you book real early it will be very cheap. You can either plan for a 4 or 5 day trip depending upon your budget. And when you are booking the flight tickets make it such that you reach orlando in the night and when you are starting from there also make it in the night, so that you get full whole days to spend there.
2)Booking a hotel - Book something nearer to the theme parks . So that commutation will cost you less if you prefer to take a cab service. If you are going for a rental car then this might not be a problem .Always carry a car seat if you have a kid, because the rent of the car seat might exceed the actual price of the car seat.Always book a hotel with kitchen in it , because food there is costly.So atleast whenever you can ,you can cook something for yourself.Read reviews in net for the hotels and then book them.
3)Book the entrance tickets to the theme parks. You have to book them well in advance because walt disney tickets are not e tickets. It will take you 10 - 15 days to receive them.
4)Once you book your travel tickets,hotel and then park tickets , start preparing for your travel.
5)http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/myVacation/customizedMaps/index?id=CustomizedMapsSampleMapsPage You can get the maps of all the disney parks from here.
6) In the maps there is explanation about each and every ride and show there. You can go through it and select the items which you want to explore based on your interest. Doing this prior to your trip will help you more because one day in one park in not enough for seeing everything there and you might end up missing something very important there. So if you do a research and select the items which you want to go for, it might be easy.
7)There is something called fast pass in Disney land.Its like booking an appointment. In disney land every ride and show has long queues.To avoid getting struck up in one place for long time you can get fast pass and return to that place at the time indicated.If you select which all rides you should see, go and take fast passes for them first, as many of the rides and shows are really crowded.
8)Photo pass is something which you can ask any Disney photographer there.They will give you a card for free and if you present the card to any Disney photographer they take pictures of you for free. You can log in to net with the address specified there and fill in your details to check the photographs.If you want to order any photographs you can do so online.That will cost you money.
9)Dont miss the Parades in Disney world. They are the speciality items there.Look for the timings before you get there and make your rides adjusting these timings.Once you get to the park ask the route where the parade goes by and well before half an hour get a seat for yourself in the route, because getting a place to stand to watch the parade itself will be difficult.
10)Dont miss any of the fire works in Disney Land. Like parades get yourself placed well before half an hour here also as getting place will be difficult.
11)Cooking - Before you leave buy some ready to eat foods , noodles and the like so that it will make your cooking easy. You can try simple recipes and long lasting food items like puliogare/Lemon Rice/Curd rice. It will be difficult to find an Indian Restaurant near by where you stay so be prepared.
12)Can cook chapathis/Idlis and freeze it.Later when you want to use thewm you can microwave them.Every hotel has a micro wave facility.
13)Dont forget to take Sun Screen ,hat, Drinking water,goggles. Because climate there is really hot. Its better to get drinking water bottles outside the parks because they are very costly there.
14)Wear proper comfortable shoes beacuse you will have to walk in miles inside the parks. Avoid wearing high heels, Chappals or the like. For kids also shoes are better.
15)Stroller for kids is available in every theme park for rent. You can take your own strollers also.
16)Dont forget to take basic medicines for head ache ,fever ,cold, and the like .Take your Health Insurance cards,Passport, Driving License for User identification.Beacuse inside the parks when you book your tickets or get in by using online tickets they ask for user identification.
17)Dont forget to carry your mobile phone and important phone numbers.
18)If you have a digital camera / Handy cam better take your Laptop with it, because you might want to take 100's of pictures there and the memory in your camera will never be enough.
19)Take extra dresses with you in case u get wet or dirty you can use them. In Sea world definitely take an extra pair because its a water park.
20)Have a nice trip to disney :)
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