Temple Prasadam Recipes / Special Prasadams Served at Temples In India / India Temple Prasadam Recipes

 

Chidambaram Temple Thiruvathirai Kali	Chidambaram Temple Samba Sadam	Tirupati Temple Malahora
Madurai Alagar Koyil Dosai	Jaganath Puri Temple Tanka	Palani Panchamrutham
Srirangam Temple Akkaravadisal	Kancheepuram Temple Idli	Tirumala Vadai
Andhra Temple Style Curd Rice	Golden Temple Prashad Kada Prasad	Shri Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan prashad Makhan Mishri
Srirangam Temple Jeera	Kovil Puliyodharai	Kovil Style Pongal

Melkote Sakkare Pongal

Lebanese Lentil Soup Recipe / Red lentil Soup Middle Eastern Style Recipe / Lebanese Shorbat Adas Recipe / Middle Eastern Lentil Soup Recipe / Lebanese Lentil Soup In Instant Pot / Yellow Lentil Soup Recipe - Easy Soup Recipes

 

Lebanese Lentil Soup

Ingredients

Yellow lentils - 1/2 cup

Vegetable stock - 3 cups

( add accordingly to the consistency you need)

Salt and Pepper powder to taste

Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Chopped onion - 1/4 cup

Chopped carrot - 1 medium size

Chopped celery - a handful

Chopped garlic - 2

Olive oil - 2 tsp

Garnish

Lemon juice - 2 tsp

Chopped parsley or Chopped Coriander leaves

Olive oil to drizzle on top

Red Lentil Soup in Instant Pot

Method

Heat oil in an instant pot sauté onion, celery, carrot and garlic till light brown.

Add the washed lentils , seasonings and pour the stock.

Close the lid vent closed and pressure cooked for 15 minutes or in soup MODE.

You can make this soup even on stovetop.

Once the pressure has naturally released open the lid and blend the soup using a hand blender till a smooth liquid.

Add the lemon juice and garnish with chopped cilantro and drizzle olive oil mix and enjoy hot!

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Rasa Vadai Recipe / Rasam Vadai Recipe / How to make Rasam Vadai?

 

Rasam Vadai

Rasam Recipe

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Ingredients dry roasted & powdered (Rasam powder)

Pepper-1/2tsp
Jeera/cumin-1/2tsp
Coriander seeds-1/2tsp
Thur/thoor dal-1tsp
Red chillies-1
(dry roast all above ingredients till light brown & make a powder. Do not burn them)

Tempering

Oil or ghee-1/2tsp
Mustard-1/4tsp
Hing-1/4tsp
Curry leaves-few

Other ingredients

Diluted tamarind juice-3 cups
Finely chopped tomato-1big
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder-1/8tsp
Chopped coriander & curry leaves for garnish

Method

Heat oil in a pan & temper it.Pour the tamarind juice,add the chopped tomato,salt & turmeric powder.
When the rasam starts to froth add the rasam powder & switch off the stove ( Do not boil or simmer the rasam,it loses  its flavour).Garnish with curry & coriander leaves.

Note: 

Do not boil or simmer the rasam,it loses its taste/flavor.
Crushed garlic can be added it gives a nice flavor. Add it while adding the tomatoes.
You can even add thoor/thur dal water.
Instead of red chilies even green chilies can be added.

Vadai Recipe version 1

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Channa dal - 1 cup

(wash and soak the dal for 1 hour, drain water and grind to a coarse thick mixture)

Chopped onion - 1/4 cup

Chopped green chilly - 2

Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Chopped curry leaves few

Hing - a pinch

Salt to taste

( Mix all ingredients together, heat oil take some batter flatten it and gently drop it into the oil. deep fry the vadai till light brown, remove and add it immediately into the hot rasam. Soak it for few minutes and enjoy. You can even use left over Masala Vadai too for this recipe)

Vadai/Bonda Version 2

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Channa dal - 1 cup
Urad dal - 1/4 cup
Hing - a pinch
(Wash and soak both the dals together for 2 hours, drain out the water and grind to a thick batter. Mix in all the ingredients and drop a ladle of batter into the hot oil. deep fry till light brown remove and add it into the hot rasam. Let them soak for few minutes and enjoy)
Salt to taste

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Vankaya Menthi Karam Recipe / Vankaya Menthi Kaaram Koora Recipe / Menthi Podi Veysina Vankaya Kura Recipe

 

Vankaya Menthi Karam Kura

Ingredients fried and coarsely powdered

Channa dal - 1 tbsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tbsp

Methi - 1/2 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Red chilly - 4

Hing - a generous pinch

Oil - few drops

( Heat oil in a pan and fry above ingredients till light brown. Cool and grind to a semi coarse powder)

Other ingredients

Brinjals cut into strips - 1 cup

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Tamarind juice - 1 tbsp

Curry leaves few for garnish.

Oil - 2 tbsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan and add the brinjals, salt and turmeric powder in low flame keep mixing till half cooked.

Pour the tamarind juice and the ground powder mix well.

Sprinkle some water cover and cook in low flame till combined and oil separates the masala.

Switch off the flame garnish with curry leaves and enjoy with rice.

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Malabi Recipe / Mahalabia Recipe / Israeli Malabi Rose Water Milk Pudding Recipe / Malabi Pudding Recipe / Muhallebi Recipe

Malabi

Ingredients for the pudding

Whole milk - 1 & 1/2 cups

Corn flour - 2 tbsp

Sugar - 1 & 1/2 tbsp

Rose essence - few drops

( Take all ingredients into a sauce pan mix well till there are no lumps. Now switch on the stove and in slow flame keep stirring till the mixture becomes thick and raw smell has completely disappeared. Switch off the stove and add the essence and mix till combined. Pour the mixture into small cups , cover and refrigerate for 4 hours to set )

Topping ingredients

Chopped fresh strawberry - 10

Sugar - 1 tbsp

Chopped pistachio for garnish as needed

Rose syrup - 1 tbsp

Mahalabia

Method

Take a bowl add sugar and strawberry cook in microwave for 3 minutes till soft and cooked. Cool and add 1 tbsp of Rose syrup / Rooh afza, place 1 tsp of the topping on the chilled pudding garnish with chopped pistachio and enjoy cold .

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Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe / Hainan Chicken Rice Recipe / One Pot Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe

 

Hainanese Chicken Rice

For Hainanese chicken

Water as needed to get a good broth

Chicken bread - 2

Salt to taste

Soy sauce - 1 tsp

Spring onions - 1 tbsp

Ginger cut into slices - 4

( Boil all the above ingredients together for 20 minutes in low flame to get a tasty broth. Remove the chicken from the broth and slice them.)

For Hainanese rice

Long grain rice - 2 cups

( I used Basmati rice in this recipe)

Salt to taste

Garlic chopped - 2

Ginger chopped - 1 tsp

Sesame oil - 2 tsp

Chicken broth - 3 & 1/2 cups

( Pour the broth in a pan add the salt, ginger, garlic and oil give a boil. Lower the flame and add the washed rice cover and cook in low flame till rice is cooked)

For Chilly sauce

Red chilly sauce/ Siracha- 2 tbsp

Soy sauce - 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Sugar - 2 tsp

Ginger/Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp

Vinegar - 2 tsp

Sesame oil - 1 tsp

( Mix all above ingredients together. You can adjust the ingredients according to your taste)

Assembling

Place rice on a plate arrange the sliced chicken and sliced cucumbers. Place the dipping sauce and some broth to the side and enjoy!

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Gottu Rasam Recipe / Kottu Rasam Recipe / Goddu Rasam Recipe / Easy Rasam Recipe / Pathiya Rasam Recipe

Gottu Rasam

Tempering

Ghee - 1 tsp

Red chillies - 2

Curry leaves few

Mustard - 1 tsp

Hing - 1/4 tsp

Ingredients for rasam

Tamarind - a small gooseberry size

( soak it in warm water and remove the extract)

Water to dilute as needed

Rasam powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Thur dal - 1 tsp

Chopped curry and coriander leaves for garnish

Method

Take a pan add the tamarind extra pour water as needed, add salt, turmeric powder and thoor dal, in low flame boil for 5 minutes till raw smell has disappeared , switch off the stove.

Heat ghee in a pan and temper it with above ingredients.

Pour it into the hot  rasam and garnish with chopped curry and coriander leaves.

Enjoy with rice or drink it like a soup!

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Tamilnadu Style Bisi Bele Bath / Sambar Sadam Recipe / Sambar Rice Recipe - Rice Recipes

 

Sambar Sadam

Tempering Ingredients

Ghee - 2 tbsp

( add more or less)

Chopped cashew nuts - 15

Curry leaves few

Mustard - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Red chillies - 4

( Heat ghee and temper the above ingredients and keep it aside)

Other Ingredients

Sona masoori rice - 2 cups

Thur dal -1 cup

Salt to taste

Water - 12 cups

Tamarind water - 2 cups

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Small onion - 15

Drumstick pieces - few

Ingredients fried and powdered

Coriander seeds - 3 tbsp

Channa dal -2 tbsp

Urad dal - 1tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbsp

Methi seeds -1/2 tbsp

Red chilly - 12

Hing - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - few

Dry coconut ( Kopra) - 3 tbsp ( fry them separately till golden brown )

Sesame oil - 2 tsp

( Heat oil in a pan and fry all above ingredients till light brown. Cool and grind to a smooth powder)

Garnish

Chopped coriander leaves - few

Method

Take a pressure cooker add the rice, thur dal, turmeric powder, drumstick ,small onions water and salt.

Pressure cook till rice is cooked, cool and open the lid.

Pour the tamarind juice the powdered ingredients and switch on the stove , cook in low flame till well combined and raw smell has disappeared. 

Switch off the stove and pour the tempering into the rice mixture , garnish with coriander leaves mix and enjoy hot.

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Note:

Adding different vegetables are your choice

Courtesy: My friend's mom.

Thengai Therattipal Recipe / Thengai Therattupal Recipe / Thanjavur thengai Therattupal Recipe / Coconut Thirattipal Recipe /A Traditional Thanjavur Special Sweet

 

Thengai Therattipal

Ingredients

Grated coconut - 1 cup

Grated jaggery - 1 cup

( Make sure it's clean other wise dissolve in water and filter to remove any impurities)

Yellow moongh dal - 1/4 cup

( Dry roast the dal till light brown, do not over fry. Cool and grind to a fine powder)

Ghee - 1 tbsp

Coconut oil - 1 tsp

Coconut bits - 1 tbsp

Chopped cashew nuts - 8

Cardamom crushed - 2

Method

heat ghee in a pan and fry coconut bits and cashew nuts till light brown, keep it aside.

Add the grated coconut , jaggery, powdered moongh dal and very little water , grind till well combined. Transfer this into a thick bottomed pan.

In low flame keep mixing till the mixture thickens and starts to leave the sides of the pan.

Now add the fried cashew nuts , coconut bits and cardamom powder mix well and switch off the stove.

Add the coconut oil mix and enjoy warm.

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Eggplant with Tomato and Mozzarella Recipe / Oven Roasted Eggplant With Tomato and Mozzarella Cheese

 

Roasted Eggplant with Tomato and Mozzarella Cheese

Ingredients

Long eggplant cut it into thick slices - 4 slices

Sliced onions few to add on top

Coriander or Parsley leaves for garnish

Sumac powder - 1 tsp

Olive oil as needed for brushing the vegetable

Ingredients for the topping

Chopped Mozzarella cheese - 1 cup

Chopped tomato - 1 cup

Chopped green chilies - 2

Bread crumbs - 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Chopped garlic - 3

Dry Italian seasoning as needed

( Mix everything in a bowl and keep it aside)

Eggplant with Tomato and Mozzarella Cheese

Method

Score the flesh with a knife on each eggplant slices brush olive oil on both sides ,sprinkle some salt on top. Broil in low till the eggplant is half cooked

Remove from the oven add the topping on top of each eggplant slices sprinkle some sumac powder and arrange some onion slices on top. 

Brush some oil on top and broil in low till the top is golden brown.

Garnish with coriander leaves and enjoy hot !

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