The tamil month of
Aadi (or Aashaad in the Lunar Calendar) is generally considered inauspicious to
conduct marriages or other social ceremonies, and is rather dedicated to
worship Goddess Lakshmi on all 4-5 Fridays of this month. It is believed that the Goddess Shakthi doubles
her power and worshipping her will help one to achieve what one needs. The
Goddess will protect her devotees from all negative effects. Aadi Pooram is also celebrated during this month on the Pooram star (celestial star)
1st Aadi Friday
dedicated for the Goddess of Wealth. 2nd Aadi Friday dedicated for the Goddess
of AngalaAmman (a form of Kaali the Goddess), 3rd Aadi Friday for the Goddess
of Courage and Health, 4th Aadi Friday for the Goddess of Relationship, 5th Aadi Friday for the Goddess of Overall Prosperity (which is the
Varamahalakshmi festival).
An elaborate meal is
planned on the last Friday of this month when the Varamahalakshmi festival is
celebrated. But every Friday is also celebrated with mini festival Thaalis.
Onion and garlic are not used, and so are some other vegetables like Okra,
Brinjal (aubergine) and in some households even potato / beans / cauliflowers
are not used.
Today, as part of the
Combo Meal for BM Buffet is presented a small thali comprising the following dishes.
Click on the link for recipe to each dish and enjoy the virtual feast J
- Plain Steamed Rice
- Paruppu (boiled Toor dal – tempered) – not in the pic
- Kosambari (cucumber raw salad)
- Kovakkai Curry (ivygourd dry curry)
- Arisi Kesari Pal Payasam (Rice in saffron flavoured milk pudding)
- Morkozhambu (Ashgourd in tempered yoghurt gravy) (replace the cucumber with Ivygourd)
- Paruppu Vadai (lentil deep fried fritters)
- Nellikai Ooruga (Amla pickle) – recipe soon :-)
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That is an awesome festive thali. I do not do varalakshimi pooja and but at my mom's place it is a big affair with wide variety of food prepared for prasadam.
ReplyDeleteThat's a mouthwatering festival meal put together.
ReplyDeleteI guess our festival food is what makes the poojas even more interesting..very good arrangement..
ReplyDeleteThat is one tempting meal platter.Wow ! you have done so much efforts.
ReplyDeleteMakes me hungry, such a breathtaking Thali, nothing can beat this comforting foods..
ReplyDeletelove this tempting thali.. awesome meal
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delicious thali there!!! so divine and so authentic...
ReplyDeleteA new thali for me...and a beautiful one !Kalyani, so you have a thali for a combo theme...wow kudos!So what do we expect when you do states?
ReplyDeleteWonderful thali..Nice spread of dishes ..
ReplyDeleteThis thali looks absolutely inviting Kalyani. So authentic..
ReplyDeleteThis thali looks so inviting nicely done Kalyani...
ReplyDeleteLovely spread. Feel like being home.
ReplyDeleteThat is a mouthwatering thali, Kalyani.
ReplyDeleteMy god, what an amazing thali Kalyani. Running to check the recipes now :-)
ReplyDeleteWow this thali is delicious n beautifully done.
ReplyDeleteWow this thali is delicious n beautifully done.
ReplyDeleteliked learning about the tradition of the festival
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