Like every other festival of ours, Vinayaka Chavithi or Ganesh
Chaturthi is celebrated with some very special and unique food. I call this
food special and unique because they are a very delicious combination and
normally prepared only today, on the day of the festival, that is only once in
a year. They are Lord Ganesha’s favourite and ours too. The recipes and the
tradition of this festive food have come to us from generations of our
ancestors. The most important of the special festival food are as shown in the
above photographs, Pasham, Chinthakaya Thokku, Thummikura Pappu and Kudumulu.
Pasham: Wheat Flour Spaghetti cooked usually in Jaggery Syrup or
sometimes in Sugar syrup, and spiced up with fried Poppy seed paste, Cardamom
powder and Cashew nuts. Spaghetti is prepared a day in advance as shown in the
fourth and fifth picture.
Chintakaya Thokku: Fresh (Raw) Tamarind Chutney.
Thummikura Pappu: It is a Dal prepared with a seasonally
available special green leaf vegetable called Thummikura and Green Gram (Moong
Dal).
Kudumulu: Steam cooked - Rice Flour tiny Patties, eaten with
Jaggery, Lord Ganesha’s most favourite snack!
I hope you are all enjoying the Festival. May Lord Ganesha bless
you richly.
Wow, I am hungry looking at all this.. :)
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