Eat Healthy with Millets, Palm Jaggery and Cold Pressed Oils
Let’s celebrate diwali, holi and many more in a healthy way! All of these snacks and sweets will remind you of your childhood without compromising on taste!
Thengai Arisi Payasam is a traditional dish made as Neivedhyam during pujas and festivals. Fresh grated coconut is used for this recipe and dairy milk is not required. Three simple ingredients such as coconut, millet and jaggery are used for making this delicious kheer.
Happy New Year! I am beginning this year with a sweet recipe. 'Ganne Ras Ki Chawal' or ' Raswal ' is a pudding. Among many forgotten seasonal recipes the one that stands out is Rasawal, an old Lucknowi recipe-basically a kheer made with rice and sugarcane juice. This recipe was a favourite of both Hindus and Muslims in Lucknow, and was a must have during Holi celebrations. Making it was a ceremony where women used to come together to stir large pots of sugarcane juice and rice, and carry away bowls of the unique kheer back home .Pongal festival is fast approaching and every home in Tamilnadu will celebrate this festival with sugarcane. It is available in plenty during this season and a pudding can be made out of fresh juice. It is a variation of Sweet Pongal where we use jaggery as sweetener. Try this recipe for Pongal or for any 'Thai Velli ' with any millet of your choice.
Aval/Poha/Avalakki is made into a sweet dish either by adding sugar or Jaggery and offered as prasad during puja. It is a very simple dish and can be made easily. Any millet flakes / poha/ aval can be used for this recipe.
One of my friend Priya Ramanujam shared a recipe of halwa using cooked rice and sugar. It was very tempting! So, immediately I tried the recipe with millet and a few variations. I have tried the same recipe with different sweeteners like jaggery, palm jaggery and palm candy sugar. All came out very well and tasted too good. Try this easy recipe for Diwali and surprise your family!
Susiyan/sugiyan/suyyam is a sweet bonda made with Chana dal, jaggery and coconut as filling and dipped in a batter, then deep fried. The batter is prepared with rice or maida. This is a traditional sweet made for Saraswati Pooja or Mahanavami during Navaratri. The batter can be fermented for an hour before frying.
