A lunch menu with assorted kozhukattai, and you might have guessed it by now! Yes, it’s a Vinayaka Chaturthi special lunch menu, and that’s what I am sharing today.
If it was Gowri habba festive spread yesterday, then it has to be Ganesha spread today! That’s how it is in our household. I still remember my grand father’s annual ceremony/thithi also comes around this Gowri-Ganesha time.
And my mom won’t miss any festivals or rituals and follows everything duly and prepares excellent meals effortlessly. My mom is my cooking guru, and I aspire to be my mom. But I have a long way to go. :-)
Anyways, coming back to the thali. I keep my Vinayaka Chaturthi spread simple as I spend more time making atleast 3 to 4 varieties of kozhukattai.
I skip kheer and also make one-pot bisibelebath or sambar sadam and yogurt rice always. Sometimes instead of dry curry or poriyal, I end up making sundal and pair it with rice. For this thali, I made a dry poriyal, so I skipped the sundal. I reduce the main course dishes and focus on the kozhukattai.
You can also make the kozhukattai filling the day before, which helps in the festive day morning. As I mentioned in my other festive thali post, you can make these thalis as elaborate as you want. It ultimately depends upon your time and situation.
Vinayaka Chaturthi Thali-
Now coming back to this plate, I have bisibelebath, but I used quinoa instead of rice. And I paired it with purple cabbage poriyal. Also, I made some rasam and white rice. Rasam is part and parcel of our festive thali, and I usually love to drink rasam, especially after a heavy meal. So I try not to skip it.
Along with kozhukattai, as always, I have some chigali, tambittu, and raw rice idli. I made aval vadai, but as I fried it after frying the green appalam, the oil had many residues and got stuck in the vadai. Hence the color.
I will be sharing the aval vadai recipe soon. Except for that and raw rice idli, you can find all the other links below.
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Amazing festive spread and love all those varieties of kozhukatttai you have made. Agree with you on rasam and we can never skip it on festive days. Sambar, rasam, curd with poriyal should be there on all festival days.
Thank you.
What a delicious festive spread this is. I love those cut modak’s, looking super delicious.
Thanks :-)
Awesome spread Srividhya ! You have totally rocked with your festival thalis ! I am loving everything on this plate , the modaks look so pretty ! So much variety !
We all learn from our mom’s and wish we were like them , I am sure you will be a step ahead – with so much more advantage of time . God Bless her and God Bless you !
Thanks a lot and this comment of yours made my day. Thanks a lot for your wishes. It means a lot.
Vidhya, that thaali truly gives a festive sense and is filled with delicious food.. I would have sure enjoyed this thaali with that BBB, varieties of modak and laddus.
Thanks much Suma. I wish I could send you some.
Wonderful festival thali. I am sure with so many types of modaks, Lord Vinayaka would have showered his blessings whole heartedly. I like simple fare like this but modaks are not my strength so I tend to make the easier ones.
Try with the molds it will be easier Harini.
Quite an elaborate thali there, everything looks delicious. I haven’t seen green applam before! I have so many versions of bisibela bath bookmarked, but always end up making it with rice only. Should try this quinoa version soon !
That green appalam from ambika applam depot and its more like our regular appalam only pa. Thanks a lot. Try it with quinoa, you will definitely love it.
wow you surely have saved the best for the last Srividhya..everything this week was a topper, this one surely takes the cake..very nicely presented and I love all the items..very lovely setup!
Thanks a lot Valli. :-)