This year Tulasi Habba is on October 30th 2009. More details can be found here at my weblog: 1. Tulasi Habba Tulasi Praathane namah tulasi kalyaaNi namo vishhnu priye shubhe | namo moksha pradaayike devi namaH sampatpradaayike || Tulasige Namaskara Yanmule sarva thirthani yanmadye sarva devatha | yadagre sarva vedashcha Tulasi thvam namam mayham || [...]
Archive for October, 2008
20 Oct
Bhendekayi-Okra Palya
Okra which has many names like lady’s finger, bendekayi, bhindi, also has many medicinal values as well. To name just a few, it is a good source of Vitamin C, Folic Acid, essential B vitamins as well as magnesium, manganese and potassium. Okra is also high in dietary fibre. My mom prepared just 3 dishes [...]
19 Oct
Potato Cutlet – Healthy Way
I saw several recipes of Aloo Cutlets on the web. Most had onions and I was looking to make these on a Thursday and so eating onion was a big no no for me. So, I read all the recipes and decided to try my own healthy version, which didn’t involve frying. For a first [...]
15 Oct
Treasure of Stotras in Kannada
I saw several referers to my blog from Hariprasad’s blog. I went and checked his blog, and it was just another outstanding blog for those of you who are interested in learning or knowing more about Dvaita Philosophy. He has many pages, and one such page is called Mantra which has most stotras you will [...]
14 Oct
Amazing Rangoli of Shri Madhwacharya
My Sister forwarded me an email which had an amazing rangoli drawn of Shri Madhwacharya our Guru. It was drawn by my Sister’s colleague Manju’s Mother-in-Law Smt. Padmini of Coimbatore. I thank both of them for allowing me to share this amazing piece with you all. And below are the images of Dasara Gombe Habba, [...]
12 Oct
Hayagreeva and the Story
Hayagreeva is a very common sweet dish made in most Madhwa temples, especially in Rayara Matta’s. If you have visited Sode or Sonda, the place of Shri Vadiraja Thirtharu, you sure will know the story of Hayagreeva also. Lord Hayagriva or Hayavadana is an avatar of Vishnu. He is worshiped as the God of knowledge [...]
11 Oct
Rave and Maida Poori
Mr. Venkatesh asked me how to make poori, and I replied saying that my Mom had a special recipe and I would post it soon. So, here comes my Mom’s Poori recipe. Ingredients: 2 cups Maida or All Purpose Flour 1/4 cup fine Sooji or Rave Salt to taste Method: In a bowl, mix together [...]
10 Oct
Mini Pizza Bagel Bites
My daughter was supposed to take Mini Bagels to her Journalism class. I kept telling her that if there are 20 people 2 dozen of these Bagels are quite enough. She being my daughter, kept insisting that I buy 3 dozens. She came back home with 2 dozens, everyone had brought some item, so they [...]
8 Oct
Sweet Dosa in Minutes
I had mentioned last year about Sweet Dosa. I prepared the same yesterday for Saraswathi Pooja. So, here comes the recipe with minor changes and also pictures. In a bowl mix 1 cup wheat flour, 1/2 cup rice flour, 1/2 cup maida. Add two cups of brown sugar, 4-5 tbsp coconut, and cardamom, and also [...]
8 Oct
Treasure of Stotras in English
I have hit a jackpot, of course it isn’t filled with money, but with slokas and stotras for all Gods and Goddesses in our Hindu religion. Yesterday, I posted about the Stotras in Sanskrit. While browsing the web in the night, I found another treasure for all slokas and stotras and many more in English. [...]
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