Just by reading the yummy recipee I got hungry ;-)
Thanks !!
Ritu

Hi !!

I have a question should the dishes be all vegetarian only or can I make Non veg ?

Please Kals do post the recipee for Lemon rice .

I have so many questions
Do let me know if I start bugging you ,

THanks !!!!!
Ritu

Hi ritu,

People usually prepare only veg food on that day as the ceremony is considered like puja.First they pray to god and then start the ceremony(u may keep the sweet pongal for god and pray).So try to avoid non veg.U can ask as many ques u like.No probs for me.Will be happy to help u.Here is the receipe for lemon rice.

Ponni Rice (old) 1 cup
Shelled Groundnuts 1/4 cup
Onion diced 1 big
Turmeric powder 3/4 to 1 spoon
Vendhaiyum (fenugreek seeds) 1 spoon (for tampering)
Mustard seeds 3/4 spoon
chenna dhall 2 spoons
Black gram dhall 1 spoon
Curry leaves 2 sprigs
Green chillies sliced fine 3 nos.
Red chillies 2 to 3 nos. (broken )
Lemon Juice from 2 big lemons
Oil for tempering 3 ladles
Salt to taste

METHOD OF PREPARATION


Cook rice in usual southern manner with each grain separate(may add 1 spoon oil for make the rice seprate). Let it get s sufficiently cold. Now add salt, Lemon Juice and turmeric powder. Gently mix them thoroughly and set aside. Take oil in a kadai and fry Groundnuts on slow -medium flame. When they are brownish, remove and set aside. Now add both the dhalls and fry till the dhalls are slightly brown, remove and set aside. Now put red chillies, mustard seeds in the kadai, when you find that mustard just starts popping, add Fenugreek seeds 1 spoon .Don't let Fenugreek seeds to become dark brown or black. It will take only two seconds or so for Fenugreek to become biscuit brown. Immediately add diced Onions, Sliced Chillies and Curry leaves and fry till onions become translucent. Pour the tampering with onions etc on rice and mix thoroughly. Taste for salt at this stage. Set it aside for 30 minutes. Warm the rice before serving and Add fried Groundnuts and mix everything slowly and thoroughly JUST BEFORE SERVING .You can decorate the rice with freshly sliced Green chillies and few corriander leaves . The groundnuts should be crisp and not soft.

hope this helps.
take care
love from
kals

My Friend is a south indian so I want to do it in south indian style. Thanks for the information .

Is there a special sweet dish to be prepared or some special menu ?
Thanks
Ritu

sorry i did lemon rice and not veg rice.U can do veg rice too.If u want i can also post those recipes for u.take care.
bye from
kals

Hi,

There is no special sweet dish to be prepared.Usually relatives cook 5 types of rice vareties(including a sweet dish)and serve to the mom.We make sweet pongal as sweet dish.The five types of rice i did for my SIL is
mango rice
coconut rice
sweet pongal
curd rice
veg rice

hope this helps
love from
kals

Hi Ritu,

DO u want to do it in a traditional way?
If so I know the southindian way, not sure how the north indians do.
U need flowers, fruits, chandan and bangles and also rice mixed in turmeric(i forgot what u call that in hindi).
To start with u make the mom to be sit on a chair and all the ladies one by one apply chandan on her hands and cheeks and keep kumkum on her forehead.Then have to put bangles for her( 1 or 3)and finally keep flower on her hair and give ashirwad with the rice.
Hope u understand what i have written, if u have any doubts u can always ask me.

Take care,
sumana

Hi ritu,

We south indians do in the same way as sumana said i think she forgot to say 2 more things.We also spray rose water(paneer in tamil) on the mom and also We mix kumkum and turmeric in water and take aarathi for them.Then at the end of the function we lite champhor in that water and do aarathi.Also we can give 2 bangles to ladies who did the ceremony along with a banana,2 beatle leaves and turmeric stick and a flower.(i did baby shower for my SIL last week.So i remember it well)ok take care and have a nice week end
love from
kals