Category: Festival Specials
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Kodbevu Sakkare Panchkadayi
Kodbevu sakkare panchkadayi is made on Ugadi day as prasad in temples ( around Mangalore ) . This is made with neem leaves & sugar and given as prasad to all devotees who visit the temple on this festival day ! We can make this at home too and offer…
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Shri Bhaan Bhorche Veedhi
Sarva Mangala Mangalye Shive Sarvartha Sadhike Sharannye Trembhake Devi Narayani Namostute ||| Salutations to our Almighty God -Shri Venketachalapathy , Our Revered Guru ! After requests from young people staying abroad and afar from their native places ., I am humbly taking up this task of describing a very important…
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Panchamrut/Panchamrit
Panchamrit /panchamrut as the name signifies is a holy mixture of 5 super ingredients which have been used since ancient times. These super ingredients can also be termed as Super foods which have immense nutritional and medicinal values – no wonder that our ancestors used these 5 ingredients to prepare…
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Boondi Laddoo
Boondi undo – or Mothi Undo or Mithai undo as it’s called in various parts of Kerala & Karnataka by us Konkanis . The word itself brings up the vision of these sweet laddoos and making our mouth water . This undo plays an important part in our Konkani food…
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Dhudha Pongolu
Dhudha Pongolu is prepared as prasad in Dhanur masa /in Amchi konkani temples . This is especially special at the TD temple Kochi. It’s made for the afternoon pooja prasad in the temple and one could…
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Udida Ghari Sasam
Udida ghari is a very tasty snack .It’s a typical Cochin GSB’s tea time snack and also made for some religious functions too. You can find the recipe for it here . You can also make this very tasty Sassam with the remaining gharis . This recipe is by Jayashri…
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Festival Special – Nag Panchami
Nag Panchami is the first festival which falls in the auspicious shravan month in Hindu calendar ie is – panchami day of the shuklapaksha of shravanamasa .It is celebrated all over India worshipping Nag…
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Festival Special – Ugadi/Samsarpadavo
Our GSB community follows the lunar calendar of which Chaitramasa is the first month . So the first day of this month is celebrated as the New Year or Samsarpadavo / Samvatsara Prathama as it is known in Konkani – Prathama of the shuklapaksha in Chaitramasa ! Preparations to welcome this festival…
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Shimpiyan Kheeri
Shimpian Kheeri is a very traditional & almost forgotten Payasu , It’s almost similar to Polyan Kheeri which is also included in this blog !Little blobs of rice dough cooked in sweet coconut milk give an…
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Festival special – Kartik Maasu
We are regularly updating rituals and traditions for each Konkani festival , Delighted to hear from youngsters that they are religiously following these posts and are very happy to get more information about our festivals .May their tribe increase and our glorious traditions…
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Festival Special – Diwali/ Deepavali
Shubham Karoti Kalyaannam-Aarogyam Dhana-Sampadaa | Shatru-Buddhi-Vinaashaaya Diipa-Jyotir-Namostute || Meaning – The Light of the Lamp Which Brings Auspiciousness, Health and Prosperity, Which Destroys Inimical Feelings; Salutations to the Light of the Lamp. Deepavali – ( row of lamps…
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Festival Special – Navaratri
Sarva Mangala Mangalye Shive Sarvartha Sadhike Sharannye Trembhake Devi Narayani Namostute ||| During the fortnight of Ashwin (during Shukla Paksha of Aashvij in Konkani).- the first nine days are celebrated as Navaratri and the tenth day as…
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Festival Special – Ganesh Chathurthi / Chavathi
Shree Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha. Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥ With these words I start this compilation of the way of celebrating Ganesh Chathurthi /Chavathi ! pic courtesy –Sujatha S Shenoy The fourth day of the Shukla Paksha of the month of Bhadrapad is Ganesh…
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Festival Special – Janmashtami !
Gokulashtami, Janmashtami and Ashtami Rohini are all names for the auspicious day of the divine birth of Lord Krishna ! He is believed to be the eighth Avatar of Lord Vishnu ! Since he was born at the midnight of on the 8th…
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Chudi poojan and its significance
Gaud Saraswat Brahmins(GSB’s) have some very unique traditions and “chudi pooja” is one among them.The monsoon brings along with it lots of festivals in the Shravan maas along with the chudi pooja. Shravana the…
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Kuvale Sasam
Kuvale Sasam….is a tasty and healthy dish of amchi Kodial. It is a satvik dish served in many amchi temple feasts in and around Mangalore. But in Manjeshwar temple this dish has got a special significance. One of the deity is Subramanya, Kuvale curry is traditionally prepared daily in this…
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Danthumbari
Amchi Kochi has an important celebration, when they see the first tooth of their baby and that function is known as “danthumbar”. For that function they invite their dear friends and relatives. In that occasion a special dish called “danthumbari”…
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Ponsa Kakkambi
As the name suggests this dessert is made from ripe Jack fruit . Its made for marriages feasts especially when jack fruit is in season .Some temples too serve this as payasu during festivals .It is very easy to make . So do…
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