9 Easy Indian Spinach Recipes | Palak Recipes

     Spinach - one of the highly consumed leafy vegetables in India. It is commonly called 'palak' and there are so many mouth watering recipes you can make with this green.Today I am going to share with you a collection of recipes from mykitchenodyssey.Before goign to the collection lets see some nutrition information.

20 Most Favorite Recipes 2015 | Most Viewed Recipes

    I am late in wishing readers a Very Happy New Year 2016.2015 has been a good year for me and also for mykitchenodyssey.I got to be friends with so many bloggers around the world.I too got the courage to try so many new recipes that i haven't tried before.In terms of readers ,blog is getting more than 100 s of followers in social media like twitter,pinterest .

Diwali 2015 Recipes | Sweets and Snacks

 Festivals bring joy and happiness to our life.Also make ourselves close to our relatives and friends.The joy of being together not only bring happiness to our heart ,but teach us /our kids about the culture as well during that time.Diwali is a such a festival celebrated all over India with great fun and joy.Its celebrating the lose of naragasura.He asked the lord on the day of his death,it has to remembered and celebrated amog people.People take oil bath to remove off the bad things that threaten their life.
       In south India Fried items like vada,paniyaram,bajji,bonda is done on the day of diwali.Where as in North, people do lakshmi pooja on night.Whole of India , people wear new dresses and share sweets,snack with friends,relatives,neighbours. yes !! No festival is celebrated without sweets and savories.Here are the collection of diwali recipes from mykitchenodyssey.
         ***Have a happy and safe diwali ***   readers and friends.

Badusha	Besan Ladoo	Bread Halwa
Kashi Halwa	Corn Flour Halwa	Carrot Halwa
Kavuni Arisi	Sakkarai Pongal	Thengai Poli
Basundi	Saamai payasam	HealthMix Ladoo
Kandarappam	Coconut burfi	Wheat halwa
Rava kesari	Oats payasam	Paruppu payasam
Karupatti paniyaram	Javarisi Payasam	Maa ladoo
Kaju Katli	Carrot-Apple Halwa	Cocoa Coconut Fudge
Labongo Latika	Ukkarai	Boondi Ladoo
Aval murukku	Maida Seedai	Kai Murukku
Kara pori	Bread Pakora	Baked Jeera Biscuit
Vella Paniyaram	Aval mixture	Seeyam
Kara sev	Mullu murukku	Ragi Murukku
Vella Paniyaram	Vada	Rasa vadai

Navrathri 2015 | Navarathri Recipes

     Navrathri is worship of  durga matha for 9 days.Navrathri is considered to be best time to worship matha.During these days people observe fasting or don't eat onion or garlic.In South India golu is arranged in temple and in Brahmin's houses.Golu is the arrangement /decoration of dolls on steps and is worshipped.
    Kids and adults love watching and they are complimented with  sundal or any variety  rice ,prasad for god .Even sumangali pooja is observed in house.Married women is being invited for kumkum and are presented with different things like blouse bits,turmeric,coconut,fruits which are considered to be auspicious.After the pooja they are served with snacks or lunch.So pray matha and get the blessings of her.
   Here are the list of recipes you can prepare for upcoming navrathri festival.This is a new list for 2015 ,for more check 2014 collection at the bottom link.

Starting off with sweet varieties :

     Carrot halwa:a very tasty and simple sweet made with the ingredients available at home.You can finish it off in less than one hour .

Krishna Jayanthi Recipes 2015 | Janmashtami Recipes

       Krishna jayanthi /janmashtami/gokulashtami (why) is celebrating the birthday of lord krishna.He is the eight son of devaki ,vasudeva born in madura and brought up by yasoda ,nandagopal in Gokulam .

Celebrations:
    On this day diety lord krishna is being prayed with all the food he likes , especially butter,seedai ,murukku,thattai ,aval etc.In south Indian temples a sport called uriyadi happens on this day. A pot with buttermilk is hung and human tower is formed to reach the pot.In our nearest temple the pot is hung lower, but the person who is breaking it being blind folded to break the pot down.This is supposed to be a fun filled activity/event for kids and young adults.
    On this day in south Indian household rice paintings(kolam) decorate the house front yard and small krishna feet/foot prints are drawn from the front yard up to  pooja room.This depict the arrival of lord krishna to house's.Sweet's like vella aval and savories like seedai,murukku,vennai is being prepared ,fruits are also offered to god on this evening .Even people dress up  their kids like krishna ,radha.After pooja, sweets and fruits are distributed to kids and adults.

Here is the collection of krishna jayanthi sweet and savouries collection from mykitchenodyssey.

To prepare savories for sri krishna jayanthi ,you can prepare rice flour at home.

Thenkuzhal murukku - a very simple chettinad traditional snack made with rice and urad dal flour.Perfect for celebrating gokulashtami.

Murukku - Mullu murukku prepared similar to thenkuzhal murukku with a touch of butter ,can be perfect for lord Krishna's birthday celebration.

Krishna's favorite aval/poha mixture.You can make this mixture with in 10 minutes ,just before you start off with the pooja.

Ragi murukku -usually we prepare butter murukku ,seedai for krishna.why not give a try of ragi murukku for this janmashtami?

Kara Sev a spicy snack made with besan/kadala maavu can be a spicy treat for cute little darling on his birthday.

My mom prepares this dal murukku for Diwali .I am thinking of making this mullu dal murukku for this krishna jayathi.

Even ladoo's are perfect to celebrate this festival.Kids usually love sweets ,to make them eat healthy prepare this sathu maavu ladoo/health mix ladoo.

Seedai is a perfect treat for the lord.He likes it and loves it to the core.

My mom prepares this moong dal ladoo/maavu urundai with more ghee for the cute little darling.

To save time ,you can prepare the savouries 1 or 2 days before.Make sweets on the day of gokulashtami.Even if you are not able to make anything pray god with butter and sweet aval as neivedhyam.

 Sweet aval is very simple to prepare.Soak poha after cleaning and draining the water for 2-3 times.After 5-10 minutes when the poha has absorbed all the water,add some milk, sugar/jaggery,grated coconut.Mix well and serve.

Pray lord for the well being of this world(because we have only one planet earth) and your family on this auspicious day by preparing the traditional sweets and snacks.Serve your family your love and affection along with the homemade goodies.