TamilNadu festivals Menu

 Festivals of South India :

I am  giving below the different festivals we celebrate for Gods and  Goddesses and the dishes we usually prepare as  naivedyam . The detailed recipe for the dishes will be posted in due course.

Tamil New year: (chithirai Varuda pirappu) April

Payasam (jaggery)

Veppampoo Pachadi (neem flower)

Curd pachadi

Vegetable (curry/porial)

Vegetable Koottu

Buttermilk kuzhambu/Pitlai

Vadai (Ama vadai/dhal vadai)

Milk Boli

Adi Pirappu: (mid july to mid august)

Payasam

Curd pachadi

Vegetable (curry/porial)

Vegetable Koottu

Buttermilk kuzhambu/Pitlai

Vadai (Ama vadai/dhal vadai)

Cauveri

Adi 18

Coconut rice

Tamarind rice

Curd rice

Sakkarai rice

Buttermilk kuzhambu

Vadams

Vadai (Thaval vadai)

Varalakshmi Viratham

Kozhukattai (Jaggery and dhal)Payasam(jaggery)

Appam

Sundal

Urad Vada

Fruits

Avaniavittam(Adi/Avani-mid august to mid September)

Other than usual menu Special  dishes are

Milk Boli and urid vadai

Krishna Jayanthi(Gokulashtami)

Seedai(jaggery/uppu)
Murukku
Beaten rice
Butter

Ganesh Churthi:
With the usual dishes, the special dishes are

Kozhukattai (Jaggery and dhal)Payasam(jaggery)

Sesame urundai (Ellu)

Sundal

Appam

Fruits

 Navarathri : (Purattasi – mid September to mid October)

1^st day :

Special dishes are

Vadai

Payasams

Sooyan

All the days from day 1 to day 9 in the evening make sundals of different dhals/beans and offer to Goddess and distribute to relatives and friends.

Sarswathi pooja :

Garbanzo (kothukadalai) sundal

Urad vadai

Deepavali(Diwali – Aippasi- mid October to mid november) :

 Sweets as you like (laddu,Burfi,Beda,carrot halwa,wheat halwa etc.,)

Savoury as you like (Mixture,ribbon nada,thenguzhaletc.,)

                             Main item is The Marundhu

Karthigai : (karthigai – mid November to mid December)

 

In the evening offer the following as nivedhyams

Pori urundai (beaten rice,nellu/paddy)

Payasam

Vadai

Thiruvathirai: (margazhi – mid December to mid January)

Kali
Kuzhambu

Bohi  (Thai  mid January)

Boli

Urad vadai

Payasam

Sambar

Vegetable

Pongal

Plantain curry

Avaraikkai curry

Sambar with all vegetables

Sweet Pongal

Urad vadai

Venpongal

Kanu

Mixed rice ( variety )

Brinjal thugayal
Buttermilk kuzhambu

Thavala vadai

Karadian Nonbu: (masi – mid feb. to mid march)

Jaggery adai

Uppu adai

Butter

Srirama navami: (Panguni)

Panagam

Buttermilk

vadparuppu(kosumalli)

Vadai
Payasam