List of South Indian Ganesh Chaturthi recipes / Vinayagar chaturthi prasadam recipes / pillayar chaturthi special recipes list. In Tamil nadu people make prasadam recipes like kozhukattai varieties, Sundal, vada, ladoo recipes and No onion no garlic South Indian lunch menu for Ganesh chaturthi pooja. I have the shared the links of those recipes with list of ingredients needed for making neivedyam recipes and some useful tips for making crack free kozhukattai.
In Tamil nadu, we celebrate Vinayagar chaturthi by buying a new idol. We perform abishekam and pooja for the idol by offering fruits, 3 kozhukattai varieties, Chana dal/Kadalai paruppu sundal, Ellu urundai. We also make rice along with full meals for lunch menu including urad dal vada and payasam on Pillayar chathurthi day for prasadam. On the same day evening, we prepare sweet appam using wheat flour or rice for naivedyam.
The next day morning we keep some fruits and for afternoon, we offer paruppu sadam / Dal rice with ghee. We do the same till we leave the idol in water. Usually we keep the idol in our house for 3 days & this is how we celebrate Ganesh chaturthi in a grand manner. North Indians make modak ( steamed & fried) and ladoo varieties for this festival.
In this post, I have shared all the links for different categories such as easy kozhukattai recipes , authentic kozhukattai varieties, sundal, vada, karijikai recipe and ladoo varieties in one page for easy and quick reference. I have also shared some small video recipes on how to make kozhukattai dough with approximate water measurement, Eco friendly Ganesh idol using kozhukattai dough and how to shape modak/soppu.
Yesterday I posted a full video recipe on “How to prepare kozhukattai easily with stuffing and steaming part” to help beginners. Please click on the specific pictures to view the recipes. I hope all these videos and recipe links would be useful to you all. Do try these recipes and have a great celebration.
Here is the picture of Ganesh idol I bought recently.
Ganesh chaturthi special recipes
List of Ganesh chaturthi recipes | Vinayagar chaturthi prasadam recipes !
Cuisine: Indian
Category: Festival
Serves: 4
Prep time: 15 Minutes
Cook time: 10 Minutes
Total time: 25 Minutes
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients needed for kozhukattai & vada
Ingredients for sundal
Ingredients for other sweets
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Click THIS LINKfor Payasam Recipes
Vinayagar chaturthi recipes video
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| No onion – No Garlic lunch menu |
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| South Indian full meals with serving order
Making full meals on Ganesh chaturthi is optional. We have this practice. So I have included it here. Please skip it if you don’t have the practice.
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GANESH CHATURTHI SPECIAL RECIPES
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| Homemade Ganesh idol video |
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| Ellu Kozhukattai |
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| Easy Ulundhu kozhukattai |
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| Thengai poorana kozhukattai |
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| Easy sweet pooranam kozhukattai |
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| Paal kozhukattai |
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| Moong dal poornam kozhukattai |
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| 3 traditional kozhukattai recipes |
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| Chana dal sundal |
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| Urad dal vada with pepper |
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| Sweet samosa/ Karjikai |
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| Sweet appam recipe |
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| Ammini kozhukattai |
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| Sweet ammini kozhukattai |
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| Sweet pidi kozhukattai |
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| Easy kara kozhukattai |
LADOO RECIPES
Click THIS LINK for all Kozhukattai varieties
VIDEO LINKS
3 Kozhukattati varieties
How to make Kozhukattai maavu in 2 ways (traditional methods)
Kozhukattai dough using store bought rice flour in 3 ways.
Homemade Ganesh idol using kozhukattai dough
How to make soppu / cup using kozhukattai dough
Last but not the least, here are some tips and tricks to avoid breaking or cracking of kozhukattai
TIPS FOR SOFT AND CRACK FREE KOZHUKATTAI WITHOUT BREAKING
- Use good quality rice flour. If you are planning to make by grinding rice, buy raw rice ( in tamil nadu we call as “maavu arisi) ie. the rice used for making rice flour. Its of different quality , not the one we use for pongal. It is cheaper in cost too.
- For store bought idiyappam flour and kozhukattai maavu, we need water upto 1.5 cups. For home made processed rice flour, water quantity may vary from 1.5-1.75 cups.
- Always add the required water while making the dough. If the dough becomes sticky or dry , cracks may form in kozhukattai. Keep the unused dough covered with a wet cloth or a lid while you make modakam.
- Its always better to prepare the outer covering after making pooranams/ stuffings to prevent the dough sitting for long time.
- U can also add a ladle of milk along with water while making dough. It helps to prevent cracks.
- U can refrigerate the unused dough be keeping in an air tight box & use the next day or the same evening.
- Pooranam can be prepared the previous day and refrigerated. If you feel there is excess water in dal pooranam, add little gram flour to thicken it. For ellu pooranam, add little rice flour.
- Apply sesame/gingely oil in your hands every time when you make the shape.
- Always place the idli plate arranged with kozhukattai after the water in the idli pot starts roll boiling. This helps for quick cooking & also the kozhukattai remains white in color and crack free.
- Last but not the least, do not cook the kozhukattai in idli pot for long time which may lead to cracks. (maximum of 7-10 mins is enough)
- U can identify the cooked kozhukattai by its shining look. Always remove the kozhukattai after it becomes warm. Do not remove when it is hot. Kozhukattai may break.
Thanks for visiting this page. Hope you find this page useful. Wish you all a very happy Ganesh chaturthi celebration !
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wonderful collection of recipes dear 🙂 nice idea u have attached videos too
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this is stalin.R
thank u. i asked my mother to follow the pooja procedure as given by you.this is first time doing ganesh pooja in home.
Thank u so much Sir.Iam happy to know this 🙂 Hope your mother likes my recipes.
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