Wish you all a Happy Tamil New year. Hope you all had a wonderful celebration !!!
Coming to the topic, Here is the feast i made for the New year. Its a No Onion- No Garlic feast. Its called "Virundhu" in Tamil.
The menu includes Pachadi, Medhu vada, Vegetable curry, Kootu, Sambar, Mor kuzhambhu, Rasam, Curd, Payasam, Pickle and Vadagams -Served with Rice.
Coming to the topic, Here is the feast i made for the New year. Its a No Onion- No Garlic feast. Its called "Virundhu" in Tamil.
The menu includes Pachadi, Medhu vada, Vegetable curry, Kootu, Sambar, Mor kuzhambhu, Rasam, Curd, Payasam, Pickle and Vadagams -Served with Rice.
Pachadi
This pachadi is made with five ingredients with different tastes like Sweetness, Saltiness, Bitterness, Sourness and Hotness. This signifies that "Life is like a mixture of all these tastes. Accept whatever comes our way and treat everything equal"
Ingredients:
Melt brown sugar in water and bring it to a boil. Add mango, chilly and salt. Cook until mango is soft and pachadi becomes thick. Fry neem flower in 1 tsp oil and add it to the pachadi.
Vegetable curry
Ingredients:
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and when it splutters, add urad dal and green chillies. Add all the vegetables and salt and cook covered until done. Sprinkle water if necessary while cooking. Add the grated coconut and curry leaves.
Kootu
Ingredients:
Cook moong dal and channa dal with enough water in an open pan. When it is half done, add the peas and chow-chow and cook until they are almost done. Grind coconut, green chillies and cumin into a paste and add it to the cooked veggies with salt. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and when it splutters add urad dal and dried red chillies and add this to the kootu. Garnish with cilantro and curry leaves.
Sambar
Ingredients:
Heat oil in a small kadai, add red chillies, corrainder, urad dal, channa dal, fenugreek seeds and fry until light brown. Let it cook and grind with coconut into a paste. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and when it splutters, add urad dhal. Add the okra pieces and fry for a while. Add the tamarind pulp, asafoetida, sambar powder, turmeric powder and cook until raw smell goes. Add the mashed toor dal and salt and let it boil. Add the ground paste and cook until done. Garnish with curry leaves and cilantro.
Mor kuzhambhu
Ingredients:
Soak rice, channa dal and toor dal in water for about 1/2 hour. Grind this with coconut, green chillies and cumin into a paste. In a pan, add 1/2 cup water with the curd and mix well without any lumps. Add the ground mixture, turmeric powder, asafoetida, salt and cooked taro root and mix well. Check the taste. Now heat it on a medium flame until it boils. Garnish with curry leaves and cilantro. Heat oil in a small kadai, add red chillies, mustard seeds and when it splutters add ajwain and pour this over the mor kuzhambhu.
Rasam
Ingredients:
In a pan, add the tamarind pulp, water, tomatoes, rasam powder, turmeric powder, asafoetida powder and green chilly and cook until tomatoes are soft. Mash well with a potato masher. Add coarsely ground black pepper and salt. Add the toor dal water and bring it to a boil. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and when it splutters add cumin and pour this over rasam. Garnish with cilantro and curry leaves.
Paal Payasam
Ingredients:
Bring milk to a boil, add the rice and cook until rice is half done. Add the cardamom powder and sugar and cook until rice becomes soft. Add MTR badam mix and mix well. Add raisins, cashews and almonds fried in ghee. Garnish with saffron.
Ingredients:
- Mango - 1/2 cup sliced
- Green chilly - 1
- Dark Brown sugar - 1/4 cup
- Salt - a pinch
- Neem flowers - few
Melt brown sugar in water and bring it to a boil. Add mango, chilly and salt. Cook until mango is soft and pachadi becomes thick. Fry neem flower in 1 tsp oil and add it to the pachadi.
Vegetable curry
Ingredients:
- Cabbage - 1 cup chopped
- Carrot - 1/2 cup, finely chopped
- Beans - 1/2 cup, finely chopped
- Peas - 1/4 cup
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Urad dal - 1 tsp
- Green chillies - 2, slit
- Coconut - 1/2 cup grated
- Salt - as required
- Curry leaves - few
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and when it splutters, add urad dal and green chillies. Add all the vegetables and salt and cook covered until done. Sprinkle water if necessary while cooking. Add the grated coconut and curry leaves.
Kootu
Ingredients:
- Chow-Chow (chayote) - 1, chopped
- Peas - 1/4 cup
- Moong dal - 1/4 cup
- Channa dal - 1/4 cup
- Green chillies - 2 or 3
- Coconut - 1/2 cup, shredded
- Cumin - 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder - a pinch
- Asafoetida - a pinch
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Urad dal - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - few
- Cilantro - to garnish
- Salt- as required
- Dry red chillies - 1
Cook moong dal and channa dal with enough water in an open pan. When it is half done, add the peas and chow-chow and cook until they are almost done. Grind coconut, green chillies and cumin into a paste and add it to the cooked veggies with salt. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and when it splutters add urad dal and dried red chillies and add this to the kootu. Garnish with cilantro and curry leaves.
Sambar
Ingredients:
- Okra - 1 cup, diced
- Toor dal - 1 cup cooked
- Tamarind pulp out of small lemon sized ball
- Corriander seeds - 1 tbsp
- Channa dal - 1 tsp
- Urad dal - 1 tsp
- Red chillies - 2 or 3
- Coconut - 1/4 cup, shredded
- Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Curry leaves - few
- Cilantro - to garnish
- Sambar powder - 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder - a pinch
- Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
- Salt - as required
Heat oil in a small kadai, add red chillies, corrainder, urad dal, channa dal, fenugreek seeds and fry until light brown. Let it cook and grind with coconut into a paste. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and when it splutters, add urad dhal. Add the okra pieces and fry for a while. Add the tamarind pulp, asafoetida, sambar powder, turmeric powder and cook until raw smell goes. Add the mashed toor dal and salt and let it boil. Add the ground paste and cook until done. Garnish with curry leaves and cilantro.
Mor kuzhambhu
Ingredients:
- Taro root/ arbi/ Chepang kizhangu - few, cooked, peeled and diced
- Thick curd - 2 cups
- Coconut - 1/2 cup, shredded
- Rice - 1 tsp
- Toor dal - 1 tsp
- Channa dal - 1 tsp
- Cumin - 1 tsp
- Green chillies - 2 or 3
- Ajwain seeds - 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Dried Red chillies - 1 or 2
- Turmeric powder - a pinch
- Asafoetida powder - 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves - few
- Cilantro - to garnish
Soak rice, channa dal and toor dal in water for about 1/2 hour. Grind this with coconut, green chillies and cumin into a paste. In a pan, add 1/2 cup water with the curd and mix well without any lumps. Add the ground mixture, turmeric powder, asafoetida, salt and cooked taro root and mix well. Check the taste. Now heat it on a medium flame until it boils. Garnish with curry leaves and cilantro. Heat oil in a small kadai, add red chillies, mustard seeds and when it splutters add ajwain and pour this over the mor kuzhambhu.
Rasam
Ingredients:
- Tomato - 1 finely chopped
- Tamarind pulp from a small goose-berry sized ball
- Toor dal water - 1 cup
- Pepper - few, crushed
- Green chilly - 1, slit
- Rasam powder - 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
- Asafoetida powder - 1/2 tsp
- Salt - as required
- Curry leaves - few
- Cilantro - to garnish
- Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Cumin - 1 tsp
In a pan, add the tamarind pulp, water, tomatoes, rasam powder, turmeric powder, asafoetida powder and green chilly and cook until tomatoes are soft. Mash well with a potato masher. Add coarsely ground black pepper and salt. Add the toor dal water and bring it to a boil. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and when it splutters add cumin and pour this over rasam. Garnish with cilantro and curry leaves.
Paal Payasam
Ingredients:
- Whole milk - 6 cups
- Basmati rice - 1/2 cup
- Sugar - 3/4 cup
- Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
- Raisins - few
- Cashews - few
- Almonds - few
- MTR badam mix - 2 tbsp
- Ghee - 1 tbsp
- Saffron - a pinch
Bring milk to a boil, add the rice and cook until rice is half done. Add the cardamom powder and sugar and cook until rice becomes soft. Add MTR badam mix and mix well. Add raisins, cashews and almonds fried in ghee. Garnish with saffron.
And my Medhu vada recipe here !
Fabulous looking thali. Very colorful and tasty selections! :)
wonderful feast Anu, all these in a day, that needs so much will and courage !
i like all of them , paal paayaassam and medhu vada are my favorite ones :)
Yen Iniya Thamizh Puthaandu vazhthukkal to you and to all at home !
Lovely feast for the eyes!!
loved your medu wada...
Mouthwatering Anu, reminds me of Tamil New yr in India... I can take my eyes off the pictures... Thats a great feast, Iniya Tamil puthandu nalvalzhthukal
happy new year..yummy treat
Feast looks wonderful. Great collection of dishes..
Lovely virundhu Anu, everything looks so delicious and inviting! Naan virundhuku varalama :)
Thats a fabulous platter Anu...everything looks amazing:)INiya thamizh puthaandu vaazthuthukal!!
I hope that your New Year is filled with many blessings!
Yummolicious thali..Looks so colorful and tempting. Happy New Year to you and your family..
wow enjoyed all the dishes Anu....they look lovely. Wishing you and ur loved ones a very Happy New Year!
You've cooked up a Great Feast for New Years! Very tempting :-)
Oh I wish I had that treat for my stomach instead of eyes :((
Looks completely inviting... Miss such Virundhus back from home... Awesome job Anu! :)
Very beautiful spread with authentic recipes..
Wonderful thali anu..looking fabulous..colorful and yummy post..
woww.. yummy dishes. great! i didn't make any thing elaborate.i was tired after cooking 2-3 dishes itself. haha.
That looks fab Anu..me too posted the Sadya post..hope u had a gala time having all that..:)
Amazing Thali... When did you make that ? Amazing ! Happy New Year to you...
We celebrated Oriya New Year too..
that's a mouth-watering thali. All the dishes look so yummy. Happy New Year!
I am coming to ur virundhu Anu! U really made a great feast. Happy New year!
Belated happy new year. Thank you for dropping by at my blog. Delicious feast making me hungry already and have just started my day:)
Pls visit my blog,i have got something for u
What an amazing Virundhu Anu... Tamil puthandu vaazhtukkal :) It's been ages since i cooked a traditional feast - yours is so tempting and reminds me so much of home.
ANu,thanks for dropping at my place and giving an opportuntiy to find you..
Thats a great thali...a real feast..ho,missed you ..not anymore.
Belated new year wishes Anu. Wow wonderful spread :) Made me drool :D
Platter is making me so hungry...
Thali looks wonderful and mouth watering :)
This is a perfect 'Virundhu'..Im hungry now :)
Fabulous!!! I feel like cooking full meal like this . since long time i did not bother to do it.
Fantastic thali! that's it!!! i am running to have my lunch!
Oh my god...Anu, ippad oru virudhu vechittu...ennai koopidama vidalaama? he he just kidding yaar. Tamizhar Trational meals makes me nostalgic.
Hi Anu, I have shared an award with you in my blog.. Pls accept it :)
Happy New Year to you... and I have bookmarked this post, it looks mouthwatering and divine!
My first visit here..perfect feast..
Superb feast Anu! Pramaadham :)
The 'maggi' vadaam in the plate was what brought back so many childhood memories...virundhu sooper a irukku :)
Everything looks so good!
Lovely spread. :)
Lovely spread.. wonderful feast for vishu...Looks delicious anu:)
what a feast! soooo beautiful - i wish it were on my dining room table right now. :)
Thats a complete spread...great
virundha looks delicious. I love all those varities. I also made pachadi, vadai , payasam and asusual cooking. looks inviting.
what a virundhu....wowww
Lovely post and lovely pics. We too made these items at home for the new year. But not yet posted it.
BTW, your blog template is too good.
Priya
Hello,I'm Lata,new to blogworld.Laavanya of cookery corner introduced me to foodblogging.As we have just moved in to Ghana and awaiting personal effects,I'm passive blogging.would like to follow your blog.i hope i'mwelcome to.Lata Btw,belated tamizh putthaandu vaazhththukkal to you.wish your first event a sucess.I would contribute if by then I get my resources home:)
Looks fabulous and mouthwatering.....Thankyou for the recipe.