We Mangalorean konkanis ( GSB) celebrate it for 4 days:
Day 1- 21 st Oct 2014: Dhana-trayodahsi, Jala pooje( H2O pooja), thaila bhanga:
Homes are cleaned, amongst special emphasis on the bathrooms where the "bhana" ( the huge copper pot inward which bathing H2O is heated) is cleaned, decorated amongst rangoli designs together with flowers. Little boys ( manlike someone kids)are given stone oil massage together with bath together with interestingly fish dishes ( both fried together with curried) are cooked for dinner.
Day ii -22 nd October,2014: Naraka Chaturdashi : This is the solar daytime prior to Deepavali is called Naraka chaturdashi.This is inward commemoration of Lord Krishna along amongst Satyabhama killing a wicked Asura yesteryear mention Narakasura on the evening of Diwali.On this solar daytime grown men are given stone oil massage together with bath together with the traditional offering to God, godu phovu is made.
Day 3- 23rd October,2014: Diwali together with Dhanalakshmi Pooja:
The Deepawali Day is celebrated amongst Dhanalakshmi Puja. People who ain gilded shops perform puja inward the shops.
The Deepawali Day is believed to travel the solar daytime on which Lord Rama, Sita together with Lakshman returned to Ayodhya from Lanka. Being black nighttime (Amavasya or No Moon day), the nighttime earlier novel Moon day) they were greeted yesteryear lighting hundreds of clay lamps. This gives the festival the mention of Deepawali.
Laxmi Puja is also celebrated on this together with reflects the fact that this is a fourth dimension of harvest. Traditionally, the fourth dimension of harvest is a fourth dimension of prosperity. According to myth, Laxmi Puja is performed on the solar daytime when Goddess Laxmi emerged from Kshira Sagara piece the churning of Amrutha Madhanam.
Day 4- 24th October, 2014: Govardhan Puja / Angadi Pooja/ Balindra puja.
The solar daytime later Deepawali is celebrated equally Govardhana Puja together with Angadi Pooja. The shopkeepers celebrate this amongst a puja inward their shop, inviting people over together with giving out goodies.
The solar daytime later Deepawali is also celebrated equally Govardhana Puja. The sacred colina of Govardhan, most Mathura together with Kamadhenu (the cosmic cow) which are connected amongst Lord Krishna are worshipped. Krishna lifted upwards the Govardhan mount together with held it similar an umbrella, nether which people together with animals took shelter from the relentless rain. Once the pelting subdued, the people gathered merely about the colina together with had a cracking feast. This festival is peculiarly pop amid the devotees of Bala Krishna.
One of my favorite laddoos made during festivals is the laayi undo. This is made using popped paddy powder.
Just similar y'all induce got popped corn, y'all induce got popped paddy. The powdered version of this is used to brand this laddoo. It is real tasty, calorie-free together with versatile plenty to travel modified to private tastes; for eg: y'all could add together compaction together with poly peptide travel adding bits of nuts similar peanuts together with cashewnuts. You tin fifty-fifty add together shev( fried crispy noodle pieces). It is uncomplicated together with slow to brand together with tasty to eat! I am bringing this to Angie's Fiesta Friday! It is her birthday together with y'all cannot instruct to someone's birthday political party empty-handed!
Servings: makes 10- xv medium-sized laddoos ( balls).
Ingredients:
Sticky Jaggery( anta god): 1cup
Laayi pitto ( popped paddy powder): ii cups
Peanut halves: ii tbsp,
Cashewnut pieces: 1 tbsp,
Cardamom powder: 1/4 tsp
Water: 4 tbsp
Ghee/ butter: for greasing the palms
Method:
Heat jaggery together with H2O inward a pot until the jaggery is completely melted together with liquid. Now plough off the heat, allow it settle for five mins. Gently pour the molten jaggery into a thick-bottomed pot, leaving behind whatever sandy residue.
Dry roast the cashew nut pieces together with peanuts together with continue aside.
Heat the molten jaggery on medium flame until it thickens together with is viscid when attempting to alternative to pour from a spoon. We telephone weep upwards it the "string" consistency, which agency if y'all accept a drib betwixt your index finger together with thumb, y'all should travel able to encounter a string of jaggery when y'all clit your fingers away from each other.
Now mix inward the laayi pitto ( popped paddy powder), the nuts together with cardamom powder. Mix good .
Grease your palms amongst butter/ghee. Take a tablespoonful of the hot jaggery-popped paddy mixture together with shape it into balls of desired size.
Store inward an air-tight container.
Stays fresh at room-temperature for upto a month.
Enjoy!
Cooking made easy:
Most ofttimes jaggery has sand/ dirt residues inward it. Melting it, letting it settle downwardly together with and thence transferring the jaggery to some other pot helps instruct rid of this sand.
Ensure that the jaggery is cooked on a thick-bottomed vessel on a depression flame equally it is real slow to post away the jaggery!
Tip for salubrious living:
Having a stone oil massage on the caput non alone helps rejuvenate pilus together with assistance it grow, it is also a cracking stress-buster together with calms the body.
Food for thought:
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love. Ovid