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Dec14

Karthigai Deepam Edible Lamps with Millets (Kozhukattai / Dumplings)

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Usually we prepare kozhukattai/dumplings with rice flour and sugar or jaggery for karthigai Deepam. As all of us eagerly looking for healthier food, I prepared 3 varieties of kozhukattai / dumplings one with Rice flour, other with Ragi/Finger Millet flour and the last one with Kambu/Pearl Millet flour. Moreover I have shaped them as Deepam / Diya and also lit the lamp with ghee/clarified butter and a cotton wig.

CLICK HERE for Kozhukattai / Dumplings recipe

Taking this to Fiesta Friday#150 hosted by Angie@thenovicegardener.

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Edible Millet Lamps – Karthigai Deepam Special

For sweetness I have infused sugar with rice flour, organic brown sugar in Ragi/Finger millet flour and powdered jaggery with kambu/pearl millet flour. Let me share the recipe…

Rice Flour Lamp

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Rice Flour Lamp – Karthigai Deepam Special

Ingredients:

 

  • Rice flour (store bought) – 1 cup
  • Sugar – ½ cup
  • Hot boiling water – ¾ cup
  • Salt – ¼ tsp

 

 

Preparation:

 

  • Take rice flour in a wide mouth bowl, add the sugar and salt, mix it well with your hands.
  • Make a well in the centre of the flour, pour the hot boiling water little by little and start kneading the dough to a ball.
  • Divide the dough to a small portion and shape it to lamp, and steam it for 5 to 10 mins or until the lamp is cooked.
  • Bring it to room temperature, pour ghee/clarified butter in the centre of the lamp, soak a cotton wig in the ghee and lit the lamp.

 

 

Ragi / Finger Millet Lamp

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Ragi / Finger Millet Edible Lamp – Karthigai Deepam special

Ingredients:

 

  • Ragi / Finger Millet flour – 1 cup
  • Organic brown sugar – ½ cup
  • Hot boiling water – ¾ cup
  • Salt – ¼ tsp

 

 

Preparation:

 

  • Take ragi flour in a wide mouth bowl, add the organic brown sugar and salt, mix it well with your hands.
  • Make a well in the centre of the flour, pour the hot boiling water little by little and start kneading the dough to a ball.
  • Divide the dough to a small portion and shape it to lamp, and steam it for 5 to 10 mins or until the lamp is cooked.
  • Bring it to room temperature, pour ghee/clarified butter in the centre of the lamp, soak a cotton wig in the ghee and lit the lamp.

 

 

Kambu / Pearl Millet Lamp

Karthigai Deepam Edible Lamps (Kozhukattai / Dumplings) Usually we prepare kozhukattai/dumplings with rice flour and sugar or jaggery for karthigai Deepam. As all of us eagerly looking for healthier food, I prepared 3 varieties of kozhukattai / dumplings one with Rice flour, other with Ragi/Finger Millet flour and the last one with Kambu/Pearl Millet flour. Moreover I have shaped them as Deepam / Diya and also lit the lamp with ghee/clarified butter and a cotton wig. For sweetness I have infused sugar with rice flour, organic brown sugar in Ragi/Finger millet flour and powdered jaggery with kambu/pearl millet flour. Let me share the recipe… Rice Flour Lamp Ingredients: • Rice flour (store bought) – 1 cup • Sugar – ½ cup • Hot boiling water – ¾ cup • Salt – ¼ tsp Preparation: • Take rice flour in a wide mouth bowl, add the sugar and salt, mix it well with your hands. • Make a well in the centre of the flour, pour the hot boiling water little by little and start kneading the dough to a ball. • Divide the dough to a small portion and shape it to lamp, and steam it for 5 to 10 mins or until the lamp is cooked. • Bring it to room temperature, pour ghee/clarified butter in the centre of the lamp, soak a cotton wig in the ghee and lit the lamp. Ragi / Finger Millet Lamp Ingredients: • Ragi / Finger Millet flour – 1 cup • Organic brown sugar – ½ cup • Hot boiling water – ¾ cup • Salt – ¼ tsp Preparation: • Take ragi flour in a wide mouth bowl, add the organic brown sugar and salt, mix it well with your hands. • Make a well in the centre of the flour, pour the hot boiling water little by little and start kneading the dough to a ball. • Divide the dough to a small portion and shape it to lamp, and steam it for 5 to 10 mins or until the lamp is cooked. • Bring it to room temperature, pour ghee/clarified butter in the centre of the lamp, soak a cotton wig in the ghee and lit the lamp. Kambu / Pearl Millet Lamp Ingredients: • Kambu / Pearl Millet flour – 1 cup • Powdered jaggery sugar – ½ cup • Hot boiling water – ¾ cup • Salt – ¼ tsp Preparation: • Take kambu/pearl millet flour in a wide mouth bowl, add the powdered jaggery and salt, mix it well with your hands. • Make a well in the centre of the flour, pour the hot boiling water little by little and start kneading the dough to a ball. • Divide the dough to a small portion and shape it to lamp, and steam it for 5 to 10 mins or until the lamp is cooked. • Bring it to room temperature, pour ghee/clarified butter in the centre of the lamp, soak a cotton wig in the ghee and lit the lamp. Pearl millet recipe, pearl millet lamp, pearl millet vilakku, karthigai deepam special, karthigai deepam recipe, kozhukattai vilakku, kambu kozhukattai, kambu kolukattai, kambu kolukattai vilakku, kambu kolukattai recipe,Pearl Millet flour lamp, images of kambu flour lamp, kambu flour lamp recipe, karthigai deepam recipe, karthigai deepam special, edible lamp, edible lamp recipe, tamil recipe, tamil recipes, tamil festival recipe, kambu vilakku, millet vilakkku recipe, kozhukattai vilakku, kozhukattai recipe, kozhukattai vilakku recipe

Kambu / Pearl Millet Edible Lamp – Karthigai Deepam special

Ingredients:

 

  • Kambu / Pearl Millet flour – 1 cup
  • Powdered jaggery sugar – ½ cup
  • Hot boiling water – ¾ cup
  • Salt – ¼ tsp

 

 

Preparation:

 

  • Take kambu/pearl millet flour in a wide mouth bowl, add the powdered jaggery and salt, mix it well with your hands.
  • Make a well in the centre of the flour, pour the hot boiling water little by little and start kneading the dough to a ball.
  • Divide the dough to a small portion and shape it to lamp, and steam it for 5 to 10 mins or until the lamp is cooked.
  • Bring it to room temperature, pour ghee/clarified butter in the centre of the lamp, soak a cotton wig in the ghee and lit the lamp.

 

 

I prepare this for the second day of our Karthigai Deepam – 2016 and CLICK HERE to check out my first day karthigai Deepam – 2016 celebrations.

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Dec13

Karthigai Deepam 2016

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Karthigai Deepam – to know more about this festival CLICK HERE. This festival is celebrated for 3 days and the first day we use to prepare veg meals as offering to god, lit the lamps at evening, perform pooja by offering the meals and then will consume it after the fasting all over the day. For the other two days, we would be litting the lamps and perform pooja in the evenings.

Karthigai Deepam is one such beautiful festival, I love the most because of the litting the lamps. I use to collect lamps all over the year whenever I find it unique and beautiful. But when it comes to earthern ware, I use to paint them before 3 days of karthigai deepam and lit it on karthigai deepam.

Karthigai Deepam 2016
Karthigai Deepam 2016
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Karthigai Deepam 2016
Karthigai Deepam 2016
Karthigai Deepam 2016
Karthigai Deepam 2016

We use to fast the whole day, when the kids and elder people use to consume Peanut Ladoo and Roasted gram Ladoo while a big vegetarian south Indian meal would be getting ready on the other side. During evening, we lit all the lamps at our home, perform pooja by offering the meal to god. Later we consume the meals with our whole family.

Karthigai Deepam 2016

Karthigai Deepam 2016

This year menu –

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Dec8

Bittergourd Garlic Curry / Pagarkai Poondu Kulambu

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Recently I have been to diabetics’ awareness program conducted by Diabetic Food Trail at Anjappar Restaurant. The Chief Chef of Anjappar – Mr. Thamzhi Arasan came all along from Chennai and demonstrated us this Garlic Bittergourd Curry, as it one among the most healthiest and perfect curry for diabetes. Also I have shared one more version of Pagarkai Kulambu / Tangy Bittergourd Curry. Let me share the recipe…

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Taking this to Fiesta Friday #149 hosted by Angie@thenovicegarderner.

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Pagarkai Poondu Kulambu / Bittergourd Garlic Curry

Ingredients:

  • Bitter gourd – 1 no
  • Garlic – 10 cloves
  • Tamarind – a lemon size
  • Onion – 1 no (medium size)
  • Tomato – 1 no (medium size)
  • Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
  • Fenugreek  seeds – ¼ tsp
  • Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
  • Curry leaves – a sprig
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
  • Chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1 tsp
  • Cumin powder – 1 tsp
  • Fennel seeds powder – 1 tsp
  • Sesame oil / Gingelly oil – 2 tbsp
  • Salt to taste
onions getting cooked with tempered spices and curry leaves
with garlic and tomatoes
with finely chopped bittergourd
with all the spice powders and salt
with tamarind extract
curry getting thicken and oil floating on the top
Pagarkai Poondu Kulambu / Bittergourd Garlic Curry

Preparation:

  • Soak tamarind in warm water for few mins and prepare tamarind extract.
  • Peel and finely chop the onion and tomato. Peel the garlic cloves and keep it aside.
  • Scrap the skin of the bitter gourd, deseed and chop them to small pieces.
  • Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and fenugreek seeds and curry leaves, wait until they crackle.
  • Add the onions and garlic cloves; cook until they turn golden brown.
  • Add the tomatoes and cook until they turn mushy.
  • Add the finely chopped bitter gourd pieces followed by turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, fennel seeds powder, cumin powder and salt.
  • Cook until the raw smell goes off.
  • Pour the tamarind extract with a cup of water, cover and bring it to boil.
  • Remove the lid, once the bitter gourd is cooked.
  •  Cook in medium flame until the curry thickens and oil floats on the top.

Serve hot with steamed rice, also goes out well with dosa. Perfectly matches with Ragi / Finger Millet Dosa and Kambu / Pearl Millet Dosa (stay tuned for the recipe).