Thengai Thiratupal , Aval Vilayichathu & Tag

Thengai Thirattupal:

There are two thirattupal .One is prepared by milk (Pal thiratupal) another one is from coconut(Thengai Thirattupal) . Thengai Thirattupal is a traditional tamil iyer sweet . This sweet is must in our weddings. For Vinayakar Chaturthi along with other Neividhyam I made Thengai Thirattupal.

Ingredients:

Grated coconut - 1 cup

jaggery - ½ - ¾ cup

Cardamom powder - ½ tsp

Ghee - 1 tbsp

Method:

Grate only the soft white portion of the coconut. Put the jaggery in a heavy bottomed vessel and add ½ cup water and keep on low flame. When the jaggery completely melted, strain it and put it in a heavy bottomed vessel and allow to boil . Add coconut gratings and Cook till the mixture just starts leaving the sides of the vessel and become solid. Add cardamom powder and & ghee mix well & remove from the heat.

Aval Vilayichathu

Aval Vilayichathu is an all time favourite! It is made with aval, coconut and jaggery as the main ingredients. This is a very delicious snack and nutritious too! IAvil Vilayichathu is served as prasadam in temple sand in home for ganapathi homam/pooja.

Ingredients

Pressed rice (poha) 250 grams

Jaggery (gur), grated 750 grams

Ghee 2 tablespoons

Grated coconut -1 cup

Sesame seeds (til) -1 tsp

Coconut, scraped -2

Green cardamom powder -1 tsp

Banana -1 cut into small pieces

Method:

Dissolve jaggery in one and half cups of water over low heat. Strain.

Heat ghee in a pan and fry coconut slivers, sesame seeds and set aside.

Heat this syrup in a heavy bottomed vessel. Add scraped coconut and cook over low heat, stirring continuously, till one-thread consistency is reached’

Add the aval , sesame seeds ,and cardamom powder. Mix well for 2 minutes till the aval is well coated with the jaggery and coconut. Remove from heat and allow it to cool slightly .

Garnish with Slices of bananas . Cool and store in a dry container. It remains for several days

Note : If we want store more days then don’t add banana.

I am sending this both recipe ,One Article Meaning of VinayakaChaturthi ,and my small sketch of Lord Ganesha to Purva's Festive Food Event.

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