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Vidhya’s Vegetarian Kitchen

A vegetarian food blog with unique and interesting recipes from all over the world mainly focused on South Indian Cuisine.

Ugadi special

Gasagase Payasa | Poppy Seeds Kheer

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Gasagase Payasa – A healthy and a soothing kheer prepared with the goodness of poppy seeds, coconut, and jaggery. This easy to make rich and creamy delicacy from Karnataka is apt for all festival occasion and needless to say it is perfect for Ugadi. Check out the detailed Gasagase Payasa / Poppy Seeds Kheer recipe with step by step pictures.  Jump to Recipe  or  Print Recipe

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Andhra | Telangana Thali Spread

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Finally here is the much-awaited post – the Andhra/Telangana Thali spread. I know I kept mentioning about the Thali spread for the past two weeks but had to wait until now.  I know, I can’t claim this spread an authentic festive spread or traditional spread because I missed some of the recipes like Kandi Podi / Paruppu Podi, Garelu / Vada, and Koora / lentil curry. But I still managed to create a not-so-elaborative spread. With Ugadi coming up in few days, I am super elated to share this.

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Ugadi specials – Paanagam / Paanaka

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A simple no stove recipe that we usually do for Sri Rama Navami, Ugadi and Humanth Jayanthi. It is one of the easiest dish and at days when I am not able to make kheer I usually prepare this dish for prasadams. In our house hold this dish is a must for Ugadi.

Ingredients:

  • Crushed jaggery – 1/2 cup
  • Water – 2 cups
  • Dried ginger powder – 1 tsp
  • Elaichi/Cardamom powder – 1 tsp
  • Salt – a pinch

Method:

  • Just mix all the above ingredients together.
  • We are crushing the jaggery so that it dissolves well in the water. Sometimes it may take little longer, leave it for 5 minutes or so and paanagam is ready.

Ugadi Specials – Neer Mor (Seasoned butter milk)

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Ugadi (New year) is just round the corner. We celebrate both tamil new year and also ugadi. Here comes one the must have dishes of ugadi.

Neer mor or majjige as we say in kannada, not only a ugadi dish, a best coolant agent for summer season. Also we used to do neer mor on the chitirai tiruvizha day.

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The simple receipe is as below:

Ingredients:

  • Thin butter milk – 3 cups
  • Green chilly – 1
  • Ginger – 2 inch
  • Cilantro leaves – 2 tbsps (finely chopped)
  • Curry leaves – 1 strand
  • Green mango – 1 tbsps (finely chopped)
  • Salt – 1/2 tsp (as required)

For Tempering:

  • Oil – 1tsp
  • Mustard seeds – 2 tsps
  • Hing – 1 tsps

This tempering is optional too. If you want oil free, just add the hing and don’t do the tempering.

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Steps:

  1. Crush the ginger, green chilly and add it to the butter milk.
  2. Add the cilantro, curry leaves, mango and salt and mix well.
  3. Heat the oil in the tempering kadai and add mustard seeds and hing.
  4. Once mustard seeds splutter add them to the butter milk.
  5. Thats it.. Mix well and neer mor is ready to serve.