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Hey all…..enjoying weekend…yeh…some r done with weekend like me and waiting for next one isn’t it???
My last week festive post was just lying down I couldn’t post it up bcoz I was stuck with some work….so without much a do here is my post.

By the way Happy Krishna Janmashtami, Happy Independence Day.
Suttha Punnav or Rig Upakarma is observed on the day after the Purnima or Full Moon day in Shravan month. This Day is the most auspicious day to chant the Supreme of all the mantras, the sacred Gayatri Mantra. Gayathri is the Supreme Goddess and considered as the Mother Goddess. Gayatri Mantra is the foundation and the theme for every mantra in Hinduism.
On this day, all the Hindus mainly Brahmins recite Gayathri Mantra. Any Hindu, celibate (Brahmachari), the Grihastha (householder) or the Vanaprastha (old people) have to chant Gayatri Mantra on this Day. Brahmins(men) who wear the sacred thread, Jannuve or Janeyu or Yagnopaveeta, recite the Gayathri Mantra.
The prayer of that people recite to wash away all the sins on this day is something like :-

"For the removal of all my sins and thereby to secure a divine blessing and for qualifing myself to perform the essential duties of Brahmanas as prescribed in the vedas and smritis and adopted by the really good in their conduct I put on this Yagnopavita".

While removing the old thread, the mantra recited means :-

"I throw away the broken dirty old thread, may the new one bring on long life and Brahmana's brilliance."

It is always said Suth(thread) ghalnu suth khavka(wear the thread and eat something like thread). So Shevayi is done one this day.

Source: My Dad nd Google.




For my hubby its his first Suttha Punnav after Marriage. And its Nave Parab(new festival) for us. Nave Parab is new festival (the one which comes during the first yr of marriage) which includes Ugaadi,Suttha Punnav,Deepavali. The new couple go to to the girls house during these functions and get blessings from their elders, gifts and not but least Royal food(which we missed as we weren’t there we got our gifts though ;). )
Every yr I used to enjoy the delicious lip smacking food Amma prepared…but this yr I have to cook myself. But no worries as it was a weekend I cud manage things easily….. cooked Varities of Phodis (phagil,Goint,Dudde,& kele phodi), Daali Toy,Shevayi Godshe, Rice and fried Happolu…..

I kno I m posting this late….i dint get time to post it sorry........





I kno I m posting this late….i dint get time to post it sorry L
Now to some recipes vch I haven’t shared
Kele Phodi:

Raw Banana -1 ( I used only one as I had many more things to hog ;) )
Chilli powder – 2tsp
Hing – a pinch or 2
Rice flour – for coating
Salt to taste
Method:
Roughly peel the skin of banana and cut them into 8 pcs
Then apply chilli pwdr,salt,hing and rest it for half n hr
Then roll it over rice flour and deep fry them until crisp.

U can enjoy these as a tea time snack too.



Daali toy:

The famous dish among us Konkani’s it is also known as DDT(data daali toy/Thick daali toy) ;0. jokes apart now about this I think I need not explain more as most of them myt have heard about this…I wud like to share this recipe

We need:
Yellow lentils/ toor daal – 1 cup
Green chillies -3
Red chillies -2
Curry leaves few
Salt to taste
Hing/ asafetida – 3 pinches or so
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Ghee – 1 tbsp (Amma used ghee as it gave a good aroma u can use coconut oil )

Method
First boil toor daal in enough qtty of water( atleast 4-5 whistles ) until done
Remove it in a vessel and ad green chillies, salt hing and get it a good boil( atleast for 5 minutes)
Now in a small frying pan heat ghee add mustard seeds…once they splatter add curry leaves and broken red chillies and season it over the daal.
Yummy daali toy is ready to serve.




Now after a fry nd a side dish Dessert time……
Shevayi kheeri/ vermicelli kheer

Kheer is the most easiest sweet I have ever done. No much procedures no lotzza ingredients just very simple.
Here is wht we need:
Shevayi / Vermicelli – 1 cup
Sugar – 1 cup (I used 1 cup as it was not too sweey)
Cardamom powder – 1/4th tsp
Casewnuts broken ( u can add as much as u want)
Saffron few strands
Milk – 3 cups
Ghee 2 tbsp
Method:
Heat 1 tbsp ghee and fry cashew nuts and keep aside.
Heat ghee and fry vermicelli for a minute or 2 then add milk, saffron strands and boil until vermicelli is cooked……once its cooked add sugar and keep stirring for a minute then get a bubble boil….and add fried cashew nuts and cardamom powder.
U can relish this dish hot or Cold.



I have some Janmashtami specials which I will be posting with the Ganesh Chaturthi specials…….

Tastes Yum Yum when u add lozza love in it.

These phodis r done even during Ganesh Chaturthi nd being so I must send it to purva’s event isn’t it?

I m sending this to Purva’s Festive food event hosted byt Priti nd Purva