Navratri Prasadam Recipes

Navratri Prasadam Recipes | Navratri Naivedyam for 9 days South Indian – Navratri is a celebration of nine days during which Goddess Durga is worshiped. Here are 9 Prasadam Recipes that you can prepare and relish on festivals such as Navratri.

Navratri festival is an important festival celebrated all over India. The method and ways of celebrating is different in each part of India. This year Sharad Navratri begins on 17 October 2020 and ends on 25 October 2020.

Navratri Celebrations:

Navratri is also celebrated in South India with as much fervour. Fasting is not that important here but food is made without the addition of onion and garlic. People do worship the deities and make sundals or sweet recipes to offer as prasadam. During this festival, many home set up Golu, which is a lovely display of deities idols, dolls and animal figures. It is a time when people invite friends, relatives and neighbours to their homes. While the ‘Nav Ratris’ or nine nights are dedicated to the three goddesses – Lakshmi, Durga and Saraswati equally, the goddess of learning and knowledge Saraswati is the most significant in South Indian traditions.

For the people of North India, nine days of Navratri means fasting. In Gujarat, it is all about playing Garba and for people in Bengal, the Pujo times call for visiting lavish pandals with huge idols of goddess Durga. Though the style of celebration is unique in each state, the moral of the story remains the same ” Victory of Good over Evil”.

You might also want to check out 5 Easy Prasadam Recipes for Beginners. Today’s post is kind of an extension!!

For 9 Days

Sojjappalu – Day 1

Sojjappalu Stuffed Sweet Poori Recipe | Halwa Poori Recipe With Whole Wheat Flour

Sojjappalu Stuffed Sweet Poori Recipe is a classic festive sweet. Poori stuffed with a sweet, semolina halwa (Rava Kesari).

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Paramannam – Day 2

Bellam Paramannam | How to make Kheer with Jaggery | Jaggery Rice Payasam

Bellam Paramannam is a cardamom flavoured concoction of milk & rice, sweetened with jaggery and topped with cashews.

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Garelu/Medu Vada – Day 3

NOTE: Please avoid onion when making Garelu as Prasadam to offer for God.

Ulli Garelu or Onion Medu Vada

Ulli Garelu or Onion Medu Vada is a traditional favourite breakfast and snack of south india which is a doughnut shaped lentil fritter.

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Daddojanam/Yoghurt Rice – Day 4

Curd Rice Recipe South Indian Style | How to make Thayir Sadam | Dahi Chawal Recipe

Curd Rice Recipe South Indian Style is a comfort food of South India, prepared with mainly with rice & yoghurt mixed together and finally seasoned with a few spices.

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Kondukadalai Sundal – Day 5

Chickpea Sundal Recipe For Navaratri - Kondakadalai Sundal

Chickpea Sundal Recipe For Navaratri - Kondakadalai Sundal is a delicious neivedyam among sundal varieties offered to God as Neivedyam during navaratri.

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Pulihora/Tamarind Rice – Day 6

Pulihora Recipe Andhra Style | Chintapandu Pulihora Recipe | South Indian Tamarind Rice Recipe

Pulihora Recipe Andhra Style is a traditional rice recipe from South India. Tamarind pulp cooked with different spices to a paste is mixed with cooked rice.

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Kobbari Poornalu – Day 7

Kobbari Poornam Boorelu Recipe | Kobbari Burelu | How to make Burelu | Poornalu Recipe

Kobbari Poornam Boorelu Recipe for making poornalu, a traditional festive delicacy in South India. It’s a deep fried rice-dal dumpling stuffed with cardamom flavoured coconut jaggery mixture.

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Panakam – Day 8

Panakam Recipe | How to make Panakam for Sri Rama Navami | Summer Drink

Panakam Recipe - Panakam, a jaggery based drink infused with pepper and cardamom is prepared during Sri Rama Navami as an offering to Lord Rama.

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Semiya Payasam – Day 9

Semiya Saggubiyyam Payasam

Semiya saggubiyam payasam is an Andhra style pudding made by boiling vermicelli and tapioca with milk, sweetened with jaggery, flavoured with cardamom and garnished with fried cashew nuts.

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Dussehra or Vijayadashami, is the day that follows the nine days of Navaratri. If you want to have an insight on this, please click HERE and follow the link.

Day 10 – Dussehra/Dasara Recipes

Palathalikalu Recipe Step by Step | Bellam Thalikalu With Rice Four

Palathalikalu Recipe, a traditional kheer is a typical Andhra sweet prepared for festivals. 'Thalikalu' meaning noodles are prepared with rice flour in the shape of long cylinders, cooked in thickened milk and sweetened with Jaggery.

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