GANESH CHATURTHI

Hope Ganesha removes all obstacles and blesses us with good times ahead🙏 A Very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all🌼

Ganpathi brings much fun and food fare.  Prasad in odd numbers are offered to him as Naivedyam. Mom and Grandma had either 9 or 11 on offer, including a variety of rice items, starting with Sakkara Pongal, sweet pongal, Tamarind rice, coconut rice, lemon rice, sambar rice, Garelu- urad dal vada, etc. I made a minimum of seven items very "priya" to him, as in the Southern parts.

The items in clockwise are: 

1) KUDUMULU/ modak steamed.. with rice flour, jaggery, cardamom &  coconut. Usually they are handpressed in one's palm and fingers shape them. I sought easy way out and made roundels!

2) POORNA KUDUMULU, ie stuffed and steamed modak. Filling of gur, til, coconut & elaichi

3) SUI UNDALU:  Filling of boiled and mashed bengal gram, gur, coconut & elaichi dipped in Urad dal and rice flour batter, deep fried.

4) PAYASAM :  Vermicelli Kheer

5) SUNDAL :  Seasoned Kabuli channa, garnished with coconut grating and curry leaves.

6) DHADHIYANNAM:  Curd rice  seasoned with nuts, dry fruits, lentils, mustard and curry leaves) his "anna prasanna" soulful  happiness!

7) POORAN POLI: Made wheat polis, taste better than maida ones. Stuffed with the same as in SUI UNDALU!

We all pitch in from early dawn. Hubby is the in-house priest. We both mon & daughter make prasad. The whole experience is a bliss followed by goodies after the puja☺💗 For our neighbours it was a novel experience. Their Janmashtami celebrations had mesmerised us likewise💕

A tiny part of our world.. live, throbbing, filling, celebrating☺💗