Recipe 672: Thai Amavasai 2023

The New Moon Day is called Amavasya or Amavasai. The Sanskrit word ‘Ama’ means ‘together’ and ‘Vasya’ is ‘to dwell’. There is a cycle of 30 lunar phases as per the Vedic calendar and each of them is called a Thithi. The Thithi of the dark Moon, when the Moon is not seen in the sky, is referred to as Amavasya Thithi or simply as, Amavasya. Thai is the 10th month of the Tamil Calendar, which corresponds to mid-January–mid-February and is regarded as a very auspicious one. I In 2023, Thai Amavasai for the month of January is on 21st. Following are the recipes and ingredients for the same : #Ingredients #GodhumaiRava_Kesari Ghee - 2 tbsp Casew Nuts Dry Grapes Wheat Rava - 1 cup Water - 3 cup Country Sugar - 1 & 1/2 cup Edible Camphor #Sweet_Pachadi Banana, Pomegranate, Apple Grapes, Pineapple Country Sugar - 1 cup Water - 1/4 cup Cardamom Powder - 1/4 spoon Ghee small pinch Roasted Nuts #Vazhakkai_DeepRoast Raw Banana - 2 (Diced) Tamarind Water Salt to taste Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp Oil - 4 spoon Mustard - 1/4 spoon Urad Dal - 1 spoon Curry Leaves Asafoetida Powder - 1/2 tsp Homemade Sambar Powder - 1 & 1/2 spoon #Vellarikkai_Kootu Moong Dal (Boiled) Cucumber - 1/2kg (Diced) Salt - 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder - 3/4 tsp Asafoetida Powder - 1/2 tsp Grated Coconut - 4 spoon Curry Leaves Coconut Oil - 1 tsp Mustard - 1/4 spoon Urad Dal - 1/2 spoon Dry Chilli - 1no #Ellu_Sadham White / Black Sesame - 4 spoon Dry Chilli - 4 nos UradDal - 3 spoon Sesame Oil - 1 tbsp Curry Leaves Salt to taste #PagarkaiThengai_Varutharicha_Kuzhambu Toor Dal - 2 spoon Gram Dal - 1 spoon Fenugreek - 1/4 spoon Dry Chilli - 4 to 5 nos Oil - 2 drops Curry Leaves Grated Coconut - 4 spoon Coconut Oil - 1 tbsp Mustard - 1 tsp Asafoetida Dry Chilli - 2 nos Bitter Gourd - 2 (Sliced) Turmeric Powder - 1/4 spoon Water as required Salt to taste Jaggery Small Piece Like Facebook |   / yogambalsundar   Follow Chef Yogambal Sundar on Instagram |   / yogambalsundar   ©2018 YOGAMBAL SUNDAR ALL RIGHTS RESERVED