Navratri
Navratri also called as Dasara, meaning ‘ten days’, becomes dasara in popular parlance. The Navaratri festival or ‘nine day festival’ becomes ‘ten day festival’ with the addition of the last day, Vijayadashami which is its culmination. On all these ten days, the various forms of Mother Mahisasura-mardini (Durga) are worshipped with fervour and devotion
In Southern states of Tamil Nadu and to a lesser extent in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the festival of Navrathri is called Kolu or Navratri Golu, where women set up decorated planks in a corner of the house and decorating it with dolls which are collected over the years.As per belief the concept of arranging these Navrathri dolls on the plank is to depict that Goddess Mahishasuramardini is sitting in her Kolu, prior to the slaying of the demon Mahishasura. Arranging Navrathri Kolu is also an event in itself it means inviting neighbors, friends and other relatives to visit your home and view the Kolu decorated. Pleasantries and small gifts are exchanged amongst women generally women exchange coconuts, cloths and sweets amongst themselves. Sumangali (married) women also exchange bags containing a small mirror, turmeric, comb, beetle leaves with supari.
Sundals are very popular among Navratri recipes/Golu Recipes as various varities of sundals are made everyday for Neyveidhyam and the same are distriubuted to the friends, relatives and neighbours who are invited to see the Golu. This special post is dedicated to Navaratri Recipes especially sundals. The recipes for various sundals are given below.
 | Chickpeas Sundal This is one of the common sundal that will be prepared by all the devotees on the auspicious occasion of Navarathri. Its a great snack which is loved by all and its good for health too. |
 | Peas Mango Sundal Peas Mango sundal is very famous in chennai beaches. This is also a famous sundal during Navarathri. |
 | Gramdhal Sundal Its a quick sundal recipe as its preparation time is less compared to other sundal recipes. We don't need to soak this dhal for preparation. |
 | Black eyed beans (Karamani) Sundal It's yet another variety of sundal, which is very good for health. The method of preparation of this sundal is very easy, as we just need to pressure cook it and add the required spices. |
 | Peanut Sundal Peanut sundal is something which i started making recently and it turn out to be very good. Now my kids take this sundal atleast once a week as a snack to the office. Why should we eat junk during the tea time when we have tastier yet healthier dishes are available ? |
 | Moong Dhal (Payatham Paruppu) Sundal Some people call this as 'Kosumalli". A handfull of moong dhal is added to the vegetables curries like carrot, cabbage,etc. Here, it has a direct focus for sundal. It's also one of the very easy sundal recipe, as we don't need to soak this dhal and hence the preparation time is very less. |
 | Green Gram Sweet Sundal Enough of salt & spice sundal. Let's make the sweet sundal for today. This is the sweeter version of Green Gram dhal sundal. |
 | Green Gramdhal Sundal It's yet another variety of sundal made using Green gramdhal. |
 | Sweet Puttu It's one of the sweet recipe made using Navarathri. I make this on Fridays during Navarathri. It requires relatively more time, cumbersome process and more patience, but it's taste is awesome. This is a traditional dish made using Rice Flour. |
 | Rawa Appam As its name suggest, its made using Rawa. Its relatively easier to make compared to the appam made using Rice flour. The taste is also equally good. We are adding the sugar in the Rawa appam instead of Jaggery as we add in the Rice flour appam. |
 | Appam Sweet appam or Vella appam is a popular dish in tamil nadu which is made not only for Navarathri, but for many festivals for Neyvedhyam. |
 | Aval Puttu Its a sweet neyvedhyam, we prepare for Krishna Jayanthi. But you can also make the same for Navarathri. Its very easy compared to Rice Flour Puttu |
 | Vadai Vadai is a wonderful snack, which can also be used for neyvedhyam for almost all the festivals. Its crispy and yummy. |
 | Mixed Dhal Sweet Sundal Its a sweet sundal made using mixed dhal. |
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