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General Indian Festival Celebration

Sri Ram Navami

Sri rama navami is the celebrated by Hindus as the birthday of lord Sri Rama. He was born to King Dasaratha and Kousalya devi in Ayodhya. Lord Rama is the 7th avatar (incarnation) of lord Vishnu. Navami means 9th day. Sri rama navami is celebrated on the 9th day of chaitra masa (“chaitra” month in […]

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Anu's Kitchen Tanjore Marathi Recipes

Chana dal Kosambari | Sweet Koshimbir

Kosambari (in Kannada) or Koshimbir (in Marathi) is a salad made with lentils. Usually kosambari is prepared as a spicy salad with moong dal (split green gram) and red chillies and seasoned with mustard seeds and curry leaves. Koshimbir is a healthy Indian salad recipe. We can even add grated carrots, beetroot and cabbage to […]

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Indian Festival Celebration

Happy Ugadi | Gudipadava

Wishing you all a very happy Ugadi/Gudipadava. This day is celebrated as the beginning of new year in the south Indian states of Karnataka, Andrapradesh and Maharastra. Lunar new year is celebrated with festive meal at home. Its a customary to prepare neem pachadi (with neem leaves, jaggery, salt, tamarind juice, raw mango and green […]

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Anu's Kitchen Kuzhambu varieties & Avial Tanjore Marathi Recipes

Sappaka Pitla – Maharastrian Recipe

Pitla is definitely a Maharastrian comfort food. Pitla is famous in Tamilnadu as “Pavakkai pitlai”. Apart from pavakkai (bitter gourd) we can prepare pitla with other vegetables too. Thanjavore Maharastrians enjoy relishing different varieties of pitla. Pitla – Ambat pitla to be precise. Made with toor dal, masala and tamarind extract Sappaka pitla – Recipe […]

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Anu's Kitchen Sambar recipe

Ponni Sambar – Thanjavur Marathi Recipe

Ponni sambar is one of the famous Thanjavur Marathi comfort food. Ponni means “seasoning”. The ingredients used for seasoning gives the flavour and wonderful aroma to this recipe. Though it has the name “sambar”, we do not add sambar powder/ground masala in this recipe. Some call this as podni sambar, but ponni sambar is the […]

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Anu's Kitchen Laddu varieties

Besan Ladoo

Besan ladoo is one of the famous mithai/sweet in Maharastrian cuisine. This recipe is usually prepared with chana (Bengal gram/kadalai paruppu) flour. Some use chickpea flour. You can find these flour at any Indian store. I do not use chickpea flour or sooji rava. I roast chana dal / kadalai paruppu and make a coarse […]

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