favourite recipes of ganesha

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Modak !

During Ganesh Chaturthi, Ganapati is welcomed into millions of homes and is

adorned and worshipped,For 10 days each year.

We lovingly prepare his favourite food, especially modaks which are steamed

dumplings made of rice flour and filled with jaggery..

Ingredients:

Rice Flour - 1 cup

Water - 1 cup

Ghee

A pinch of Salt

For filling:

shredded Coconut - 2 cup

Jaggery - 1 cup

Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp
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Method-I:

For the filling:

- Heat a pan and put jaggery in it

- When jaggery starts melting, add 1 tsp Ghee and coconut to it

- Mix well and cook on medium heat for 5-6 mins

- Add cardamom powder

- Filling is ready, keep aside to cool

For the covering:

- Boil 1 cup water, add ghee to it

- Add rice flour to boiling water and stirring continuously

- Add salt, mix well and cook covered for 5 mins

- Remove from heat and knead well into a soft flour when its hot

Method-II:

- Divide the dough into small balls

- Roll each ball just like puris

- Place this on the mould and add some filling to it

- Bring together the ends in form of plates and form a tip and seal

- Repeat the procedure for rest of the modaks

- Put these modaks in a steamer/cooker

Undrallu !

The recipe that should Specially prepared on ganesh chaturthi.

Ganesha's Favorite recipe, he loves them..
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Ingredients:

Rice Rawa - 1 cup

Jeera - 1 tsp

Chana dal (Senaga pappu) - 1 tbsp

Salt - to taste

Method:

- Soak chana dal in water for atleast 10minutes.

- Heat about 1tsp of oil add jeera.

- Add 2 cup of water and bring to a boil.

- To it add salt, soaked chana dal and slowly add rawa. Stir continuously to make sure that there are no

lumps.

- Cook until the mixture comes together and looks like upma.

- Let this mixture cool..

- Make small balls of the mixture and steam them for about 10 minutes in a pressure cooker.
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kudumulu !

Kudumulu is a traditional recipe.

And also a very special sweet For my brother "ganesha".

Ingredients:

Rice flour-1 cup

water-1 cup

a pinch of salt.

For filling:

chana dal -1 cup

jaggery -1 cup

6 cardamom powder

Method:

- pressure cook chana dal to 3 whistles, till the chana dal is firmly soft.

- In a mixer, take the cooked dal and Add jaggery and grind to smooth, solid and it has to hold the
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shape.

- Take Rice flour to it add water , a pinch of salt to make dough.- divide the dough into small balls

Make flat round puris and fill it with chana dal mixture - and fold into the round shape

- Steam these in a cooker.

senaga guggillu !

Senaga guggillu is nutritious and full of protein and fiber.

It is a Great snack item..

Ingredients:

Senagalu(black chickpeas)

seasoning (talimpu):

Mustard Seeds(aavalu) -1spoon

Black Gram(urad Dal) -1 spoon

Channa Dal -1/2 spoon
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Cumin Seeds(jeera) 1 spoon

Red Chillies -4

Curry Leaves

Hing(inguva) - Small pinch

Oil / Ghee for frying -2 Spoons

Method:

-Soak the Whole brown senagalu overnight & Boil in cooker upto 3 whistles

-Add oil to the pan and add seasoning ingredients to it,when they splutters add cooked senagalu & salt

-stir it for 5 mnts..

pulihora !

Pulihora is an traditional andhra recipe.

Ingredients:

Tamarind paste -1 cup

White Rice - 2 cups

Red Chillies - 3

oil - 3 tbsp

Green chillies - 5

Curry leaves

Asafoetida - pinch
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Mustard - 1 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

groundnuts

1 tsp turmeric

Salt to Taste

Method:

- Heat oil in a pan on medium flame,add mustard seeds ,urad dal, chana dal, peanuts, whole red chilles

and fry till light golden brown. Add ,asafoetida.

- Add green chillies, curry leaves, turmeric, tamarind pulp, salt and cook for 10 mins.

-When the mixture becomes thick, turn off the heat. Add rice and mix well. Adjust the seasoning and

serve.

Daddojanam !

Daddojanam is a tasty traditional dish.

It is easy to make.

Ingredients:
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cooked Rice -1 Cup

Curd ( yogurt) - 2 cups

Oil - 2 Tbsp

milk - 1/4 cup

green chilies - 3

chana dal - 1 tsp

urad dal - 1 tsp

mustard seeds -1 tsp

finely chopped ginger - 1 tsp.

salt to taste

chopped coriander leaves

Method:

-In a pan heat 2 tbsp of oil.

- Add mustard seeds ,chana and urad daal.

- After a minute, add in the ginger, coriander and green chilies.

wait for a minute and Add to the rice.

- to this add curd( yogurt) and milk.

gaarelu !

Minapa Gaarelu is the perfect festive recipe

&favourite of many people.
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Ingredients:

Urad dal - 2 cups

Onions - 1

Greenchilies - 3

Coriander leaves

Curry leavesGinger - small piece

Salt to Taste

Oil for frying

Method:

- Soak urad dal for 5hrs.

- Grind urad dal with adding few drops of water.

- Cut the green chillies, ginger, onions, coriander leaves and curry leaves and add required salt in the

batter, and mix it well.

-Heat oil in a pan and make the batter in the shape of vada and drop it in the oil and fry it till it turns

golden brown on both the sides.
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Payasam !

Payasam is a sweet , tasty , yummy and tempting dish ..

which is called as Food of the Gods.

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup

Jaggery - 1/4 kg

Milk - 1/2 ltr

Cardamom powder

CashewsRaisins

Ghee - 4 tblsp

Method:
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-Wash and soak rice in water

-Take milk in a heavy bottomed vessel and let it boil and add the rice to it stirring continuously,

till it thickens and the rice gets cooked.

-Now add the jaggery and mix well till it dissolves.

-Finally add ghee, cardamom powder, fried cashews & raisins

Ganesh chaturthi Naivedyams !

We Celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi along with some delicious and yummy food.

Our Ganesh Chaturthi Naivedyam section contains a variety of traditional Recipes. Ganesh Chaturthi is

celebrated to mark the birth of Lord Ganesha.

Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated in many parts of India.

The festival is celebrated for an odd number of days. The idol is worshipped everyday as long as it is in

the house, and different sweets are prepared in the morning and evening as prasadam.
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Ganesha's favourite sweet is the modak, undrallu and kudumulu.

On Ganesh Chaturthi, people visit each other's homes, and serve a variety of things to their guests,

ranging from Chickpea flour(kadle hittu) and fruit salad to chana guggillu(boiled black chickpeas). On

the day of the visarjan, Ganesha is big goodbye with pulihora,curd rice..
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