Thursday, September 9, 2010

Ganesh Festival Special Recipes!!

!! GANAPATI BAPPA MORAYA !!

Wishing all friends coming over to Anjali’s Kitchen a very Happy Ganesh Festival :-)

Dear All,
Thanks for your good wishes. Yes, the picture above is of the Ganpati idol at my place :-)
Ganesha Chaturthi, the great Ganesha festival, also known as 'Vinayak Chaturthi' is celebrated by Hindus around the world as the birthday of lord Ganesh.
On the day of the festival, Ganesh idol is placed on raised platforms in homes or in elaborately decorated outdoor tents for people to view and pay their homage. The guruji then invokes life into the ganesh idol by chanting of mantras. This ritual is called 'pranapratishhtha'.
After this the 'shhodashopachara' tribute is paid to Ganesha as follows:
Coconut, jaggery, 21 'Ukadiche Modaks' (rice flour preparation), 21 'durva' (trefoil) and red flowers are offered.
Throughout the ceremony, Vedic hymns from the Rig Veda and Ganapati Atharva Shirsha Upanishad, and Ganesha stotra from the Narada Purana are chanted.
So coming back to food here are some of the favorite dishes of Lord Ganesha:
Modak, the favorite food of Lord Ganesh, is an important offering without which the Ganesh festival is incomplete. :-) These are prepared in different ways - some are stuffed while others can be made from khava/mava.



1. Amba Modak: The khava modaks are just khava put in moulds and comes in various flavors like amba modak.
AMBA KHAVA MODAK (Mango Mawa Modak):
http://anjaliskitchen.blogspot.com/2009/09/amba-khava-modak-mango-mawa-modak.html 2. Fried Modak: The stuffed ones are more popular and can be normal fried modaks or the steamed ukadiche modak.
Fried Modak:
http://anjaliskitchen.blogspot.com/2009/08/ganesh-festival-special-modak.html 3. Ukdiche Modak is feast for Ganapati festival. Lord Ganesha’s favourite food… Majority of the households in Maharashtra make these beautifully shaped mouthwatering Modak during Ganesh festival.
Ukdiche Modak:
http://anjaliskitchen.blogspot.com/2009/08/ukadiche-modak-steamed-modak.html

4. Sundal South Indian style Prasad for Ganpati. Healthy, wholesome, yummy and spicy festival specialty for those who are tired of eating just sweet stuff as prasad.
Sundal:
http://anjaliskitchen.blogspot.com/2009/08/sundal.html

5.Vatli Dal is traditionally prepared as a farewell dish to Lord Ganesha, on the Visarjan Day (Anant Chaturdashi).
Vatli Dal:
http://anjaliskitchen.blogspot.com/2009/09/vatli-dal.html

6. Spicy Dal is the specific Dal which we make as Prasad for Ganpati on occasion of Anant Chaturdashi/ Ganpati Visarjan.
Spicy Dal:
http://anjaliskitchen.blogspot.com/2009/09/spicy-dal.html
May the blessings of Sri Ganesha be upon you all! May he remove all the obstacles that stand in your spiritual path! May He bestow on you all material prosperity as well as liberation!

16 comments:

  1. very nice Anjali.. keep it up :)

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  2. Farach Chan.. my mom tried your amba modak recipe :-)

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  3. in time posted .. good.. will try doing some of them..

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  4. Sahi ahe tried Fried modak..

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  5. Thanks for the post will try making all dishesh one by one

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  6. hey ... i just happen to look at ur awesome cuisines, put up on display in picasa.....u sure have a talent....commented on some.....hope u have time to read them....and hopefully will do the changes.....keep up the good work....and yes, pardon me for my bad manners.....am a stranger, guess an introduction is necessary.....am a food lover and experiment a lot on all sorts of flavor possible....though india has a huge diversity and might take a lifetime to cover but i try to cover as much as possible around the world......but still i find urs quite creative......

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