Gothumai Rava Payasam (Cracked wheat pudding) -A small contribution for BloggerAid's Cookbook

Some of you might have come across this BloggerAid's fund raising program.I came to know about this from Sanghi and Lubna's blog.Thanks to them for letting me know.

Though,I'm not fit enough to submit a recipe for an International cookbook..I just did it for the satisfaction of contributing one simple recipe from my  behalf for a good cause..

When I see people waste food,I think about the people who suffer from hunger .We are all fortunate that we have choices of food but there are people out there who struggle solving the basic issue of filling up their stomach.

BloggerAid has come up with a great idea in helping the Children's meals.

'Food is our medium and alleviating world famine is our mission' is their motto.A plan to publish a cookbook with the recipes submitted by the bloggers all around the world.100% of the profit from the sales of the cookbook will be directed to the School meals, a program of The World Food Programme (WP),the United Nations frontline Agency.

You don't have to be a BloggerAid member to submit a recipe.It gives immense satisfaction to be a part of this inspiring project.For more details,check out here.

I thank the founders of this program Val,of More than burnt Toast, Ivy,of Kopiaste of Greek Hospitality and Giz,of Equal Opportunity Kitchen for coming up with such a heart warming project.

After much thinking,I settled down in making Cracked Wheat pudding for this cookbook.Long before ,my aunt was telling me to post this recipe.I just forgot then and today I remembered this wonderful sweet dish.A healthy one which tastes brilliant.This can be prepared so easily like you make any other payasam.

As per the rules,I shouldn't reveal the ingredients and recipe of this dish now.The whole recipe will be posted once the book is published.

I'm displaying few of the pictures of the pudding.

'Children are the future..Invest in Children'..So come and be a part of this ambitious project!

 

Navrathiri Kolu..

Navrathiri/Dussehra is a festival of nine days for the three Hindu goddess Durga,Lakshmi and Saraswati for 3 days each.It is celebrated in different ways through out India.Gujarathis celebrate with Dandiya Raas.
Bengalis call it as Durga puja,which is the single most important festival of Bengalis.It is reveled with intense fervour and zest.Punjabi's Navrathiri is primarily a period of fasting.
While in TamilNadu,Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh it is called as Bommaikolu,which is actually arranging the dolls in temporarily constructed staircase.Women and children are invited every evening and they together sing songs and tell stories about the dolls/idols displayed in the Kolu.
And they are offered Sundal as prasadham.In Mysore,Dussehra is rejoiced with a procession of elephants in gaily dressed streets of the city..
I personally like Navrathiri festival more than other Hindu festivals.Because, you are into lots of activites and its the longest Hindu festival(NINE DAYS!)..
I recall my childhood Navrathiris associated with my cousin B.My aunt and Sistor G attired us as little Krishna and Yasodha .And we were taken to all the negihbouring homes to invite the aunties and the other kids to the Kolu.It was all lovely and full of fun.I also remember faintly from the picture of me in Garba dress,celebrating Dussehra with the Gujaratis and performing the Garba dance with the other kids.We were in Baroda(Gujarat) when I was 5 years old.It was altogether a beautiful experience which is filled with enthusiasm.
This year our Navrathiri kolu is set with five steps.Traditionally,Kolu steps are kept in odd numbers.I thought of putting the pictures of our kolu here,so that everybody could have our Kolu Darshan.Especially for my Dad , at Kuwait ,really miss this wonderful event every year.
I think this time I could compensate it to some extent through this post.


We created a 'park' like thing also!?

This is the Ranch,where the cattles are grazing over the bushes..And there is a nearby Dairy processing factory and few houses..


There is a nearby park,where two friends are enjoying their evening..



A group of playing kids smiling at me for the camera click...




A small water body..Or we can say an Oasis in the desert land :-)


There are depiction of parts of Ramayana stories and 'Deva loga' stories of Lord Shiva,Parvati,Muruga and Ganesha..



In the second row,there is a depiction of South Indian Hindu Marriage..


A group of African women were kept on display in the first step..



A Buddist monk is in meditation..And a gang of mischevious boys are in real mood to agitate the harmony of the monk..



A couple is selling pulses and rice...


The left side is depicting a scene of few women performing Puja for Goddess Saraswati..
'Aval Payasam' is kept for Neivedyam along with other Puja items.

HAPPY NAVRATHIRI!!