Chana Dal Sundal

Chana dal sundal won't need an introduction. It 's a tasty dish I made it for Navratri days. Enjoy this easy dish.
Prep Time-1hr5mins {soaking+pressure cooking}
Cook Time-30mins 
Serves-2people
Ingredients 
1/2Cup chana dal
2Tbs grated coconut 
1Tbs oil 
1/2Tsp mustard seeds 
1/2Tsp jeera 
2Red chili's cut equally
Few curry leaves
Salt to taste 

Direction
- Soak chana dal for 1hr. After pressure cook with 1Cup water to 1whistle. Cool off & strain extra water if any & keep aside. 
- Heat pan with oil. To that add mustard, jeera, red chili's & curry leaves. Fry till jeera turns to light brown & mean while mustard will start jumping. Switch off heat. 
- Add chana dal to hot pan along with salt. Mix them & leave them to cool off. 
- Add coconut & mix well. Adjust if salt is needed. 
- Sundal is ready to eat.
Note
- Adding a little of lemon juice will make it more flavorful.

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Atukula Mix | Sweet Poha Mix

Atukula Mix / Poha Mix, is not actually a dish but it is more of combing few ingredients to make a mix. On the occasion of Saraswathi Pooja on Navratri/Dussehra days I made this mix to offer the goddess. They are different types of prashad for each day of navratri & this poha mix is for Saraswathi pooja day.

While I was making this mix I had a nostalgia hit. I remembered my grand mom (maternal) making this mix & packing them in different paper packets for me to distribute in the school on my first day of school (LKG) among other kids. I didn't know why she did that but, when I realized that she was spreading the blessings of goddess & that moment I felt happy & proud of her. I went to 2 schools at the same time in 2different towns. Yes, I did. I was joined in missionary school at Guntur (where my parents live) & the other in my grand mom's town (machilipatnam). I use to spend most of my time with my grand parents, so they decided to join me in a school there too & that is where I distributed this mix among kids. 

Enjoy!!!

Ingredients 

1/2Cup atukulu/poha {thin}

1/4Cup putnala pappu / dalia {roasted bengal gram}

1/4Cup jaggery {bite size pieces}

Directions

- In a bowl mix up all the ingredients. 

- Mix is ready. 

Note

- You can replace poha with puffed rice or marmaralu.

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Annam Parvanam | Rice Kheer

Annam Parvanam / Rice Kheer is one of well known prashad dishes. This is creamy, perfectly sweet & topped with goodness of ghee along with nuts & raisins. You can customize this recipe as you like, say you can substitute 1/2 of milk with lite & thin coconut milk to make it more flavorful.
I'm following a pattern in making Navratri recipes from today on. I have read an article online & they listed out the prashad that should be offered on daily basis. For the 4th day it is Annam Parvanam/Rice Kheer made of sugar & jaggery or sweet pongal should be offered to the goddess. 
More Prashad recipes: 
- Prasadam | Neivedyam | Prashad
- Sweets 
- Navratri Recipes 

Prep Time - 1hr {soaking + arranging ingredients}
Cook Time - 20mins 
Serves - 3people
Ingredients
1/2Cup rice 
2Tbs chana dal
3Cups milk { 2%fat milk} {Add in more milk if needed}
1/4Cup sugar {Adjust as needed}
1Tsp cardamon powder
2Tbs ghee/ butter
Few cashews & raisins
Few saffron streaks
Directions 
Method-1
- Soak chana dal & rice in a bowl for more than 1hr. 
- In deep vessel heat milk & to that add soaked rice, chana dal & saffron strands. 
- Bring them to boil & cook on low heat till rice is cooked perfectly. It might take 10mins to 15mins. 
- Now add in sugar  to the kheer. Mix in & switch off heat. 
Method-2
- Pressure cook rice & chana dal with 2Cups milk for 2whistles. 
- Transfer cooked rice, chana dal along with few saffron streaks to a deep vessel & add in 1Cup milk to it.
- Bring it to boil & stir it occasionally until everything comes together. 
- Now add in sugar & mix in. Switch off heat right away.
- Heat a pan with ghee. To that add cashew & fry them for few seconds till they turn light brown.
- Now add in raisins to pan & fry them till they are puffed up. 
- Switch off heat & mix in with kheer. 
Note
- You can replace jaggery with sugar, might need to add a much more quantity to make it perfect.
- I used milk with no added water to it. 

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Navratri Alamkaram & Prasadam

Dusshera / Navrati is celebrated in month of Ashwija for 9days starting with shukla padyami & ending on shukla Dashami. On all these 9 days goddess dressed & worshiped as an embodiment of different forms. The days of alamkaram might change from location to location, in Andhra Pradesh it is followed according to Vijayawada Kankadurga Temple. I was checking for the list & found a detailed link of alamkaram's in details. I'm sharing the list along with offered prashad that I borrowed from Hindupad.

Sri Balatripura Sundari Devi or Shailaputri Navadurg - Sweet Boondhi & chickpeas 

Gayathri Devi - Ravva Kesari & Pulihora

Annapurna Devi - Sweet Pongal 

Mahalakshmi Devi - Ksheerannam or Annam Parvanam.

Lalitha Tripura Sundari Devi - Pulihora & Pesara Boorelu.

Saraswati Devi - Atukulu, Bellam(Jaggery), Putnala pappu (Bengal gram) & Coconut.

Durga Devi - Garelu & lemon juice or some thing made out of lemon juice.

Mahishasura Mardhini Devi - Chakkara Pongali or sweet Pongal.

Rajarajeshwari Devi - Pulihora & Garelu 

More Prashad recipes: 
- Prasadam | Neivedyam | Prashad
- Sweets 
- Navratri Recipes 

Stay blessed !!!!

 Day -1 Pulagam

Day -2 Moong Dal Sundal

Day -3 Godhuma Pindi Payasam

Day-4 Annam Parvanam

Day-5 Pulihora

Day-6 Atukula Mix