RAW BANANA CUTLET, BANANA CUTLET, KACHE KELE KI CUTLET, VAZHAKKAI CUTLET, VAZHAKKA CUTLET

I have posted a lots of sweets recipe for the past one week and it is time to post something savory. When you are on fast, you have to eat something without onion, lasoon etc.  must be scraching the head what to make ?  Here is another upwas recipe with raw banana, sabudana, singhare ka atta alias water chestnut flour or bhajni flour.

 Raw banana is very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Potassium and Manganese, and a very good source of Vitamin B6.  

Let us have a look at the recipe now:

SHAKARKANDI BARFI, SWEET POTATO BARFI, RATALU BARFI, MADHURAKIZHANGU BARFI

Sweet potatoes are available plenty now since the Festival Navarathri started and all are busy buying this because they are fasting.  This is used for upwas recipe and I made  barfi with  sweet potato, sugar, desiccated coconut.  Here is the recipe for you.

SWEET POTATO LADDU, SHAKARKANDI LADDU, RATALI LADDU, MADHURAKIZHANGU LADDU, SARKARAVALLI KIZHANGU LADDU

Sweet potato laddu is very easy to make.  Now the Navrathri festival is going on, you can give it for Prasad or for fasting people also can have this.

PAAL THERATIPAL, PALGOVA

Paal therttipal or Palgova is made with milk and sugar.  It is an easy preparation and would be loved by everyone.  It is just reducing the milk with sugar. that is all.

BEATEN RICE CHIVDA, AVAL CHIVDA, POHA CHIVDA

Beaten rice  chivda or aval or poha it is called is easy to make if you keep the ingredients handy.  It is a nice snack, less oil and anyone can eat with tea/coffee.  Poha is dry roasted and some groundnuts and pottukadala or chuntney dal is added to this.

UKKARAI, OKKARAI SWEET CHANA DAL PUTTU, PUTTU

Ukkarai is another form of sweet puttu but made with chana dal and jaggery.  This dish is also prepared for neivedyam during Navrathri, Diwali etc.  You will agree with me if you want to eat something, any time you can make it.  Here we go with the recipe of this.

RICE PUTTU (SWEET VERSION), VELLA PUTTU

Rice Puttu or Vella puttu is made with rice powder, jaggery, coconut etc.  It is a famous sweet dish made in every household of Tamilians during Navrathri festival specially on Tuesday or Friday.  People arrange the Kolu/dolls in nine steps decorated specially for this with Idol of Durga, Lakshmi  & Saraswati, Dasavataram, Chettiyar bommai, fruits, vegetables made out of mud/clay and painted.  It is a lovely scene you must see in one of the Tamilians house.   It is also made when a girl child attains puberty, there is a small function for which this sweet is made.  It is a tedious process but the final product is really tasty.

SHAKARKANDI VADE, SWEET POTATO VADA, MADHURAKIZHANGU VADA

I am presenting yet another Upwas recipe for you made out of sweet potato.  I have already posted Shakarkandi kheer and spicy shakarkandi.  This vada  I have made with little variation.  Once I had been to Parle  with my friend for some work on that day my friend was fasting.  Hence we went to a restaurant where they sell specially the varieties on fast day.

We happened to eat farali potato stuffed with sabudana.  Instead of Potato, I used sweet potato and it was a wonder ful dish which my daughter and her friend really enjoyed.

SHAKARKANDI KHEER, SWEET POTATO KHEEER, SWEET POTATO PAYASAM, MADHURAKIZHANGU PAYASAM

Shakarkandi means sweet potato.  Sweet potato is one of the items which is used during upwas or fast on any festival or on normal fasting days.  various dishes can be made with this and enjoy.  I have already posted  Spicy Shakarkandi.

Everyone will be searching for recipes of Upwas, here is a sweet dish for you.

Now the turn for posting this sweet kheer.  Sweet potato kheer is made with sweet potato, milk and little sugar.  Now Navrathri is starting from Saturday, you enjoy this sweet dish and make the family also happy.

SPICY SHAKARKANDI, SWEET POTAO SUBZI, RATALU SUBZI

Spicy shakarkandi is made out of sweet potato, ratalu, sarkaravalli kizhangu, madhura kizhangu it is known as.  Now Navrathri is only two days ahead, all must be searching for some upwas ka recipe.  This one is perfect for your taste bud during upwas. Also a sweet dish for you 

It is a simple recipe made out of sweet potato with some spice.

spicy shakarkandi
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