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    Home » Festival Recipes

    Tamil New Year 2023 Recipes, Tamil puthandu lunch menu

    April 13, 2016 by Raks Anand 4 Comments /

    Tamil New year recipes, menu ideas as well as why we celebrate Tamil puthandu. In addition, in this post sharing How I celebrate the festival in my place.

    Tamil new year lunch recipes
    Tamil new year lunch

    Check out my homemade sambar podi recipe in my website, especially for using in all the lunch preparations.

    Jump to:
    • 📋 List of Tamil new year recipes 2023
    • 🪔 About Tamil New Year

    Wishes

    Wishing you all a very Happy and prosperous New Year!

    Tamil New Year Wishes in Tamil

    அனைவருக்கும் இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு நல் வாழ்த்துக்கள்

    Tamil new year lunch ideas

    For the festival, you can prepare two types of lunch such as

    1. Elaborate south Indian full meals
    2. Variety rice lunch menu

    Refer my post to get an idea on how to plan a full meal and prepare.

    South Indian meals, Thala vazhai ilai sappadu

    In fact, for festivals, as we offer to God, we make it as a no onion no garlic menu.

    But, it is subjective to the family's practice and convenience.

    To illustrate how to prepare variety rice lunch, check out my post with video below.

    Aadi perukku recipes - Lunch menu

    In the above case, try to add vegetables in side dish such as avial or mixed veg kootu.

    📋 List of Tamil new year recipes 2023

    1. Medhu vada/ Ulundu vadai

    For festivals, it's always ulundu vadai at our home. It's easy to prepare, as well as we can make it satvik, No onion no garlic version.

    Medhu vadai

    4.94 from 32 votes
     Medhu vadai recipe – Ulunthu vadai – ulundu vadai- medu vada – with VIDEO and step by step pictures, tips and tricks to make perfect shape.
    15 mins
    medhu vadai

    Many beginners in cooking can't shape vadai, With this in mind, sharing this bonda recipe!

    Ulundu bonda recipe

    5 from 3 votes
    Ulundu bonda recipe, mysore bonda made with urad dal as main ingredient. Chopped coconut and whole pepper take the taste to a whole new level. perfect snack recipe for evening with coffee or tea.
    15 mins
    Ulundu-bonda

    Finally sharing my other vadai recipes for Tamil new year:

    • masal vadai
      Masala vada, Masal vadai step by step recipe
    • paruppu vadai recipe
      How to make paruppu vadai
    • beetroot-vada-recipe
      Beetroot vadai recipe, Beetroot paruppu vadai
    • Keerai vadai recipe, paruppu spinach vadai

    2. Arisi paruppu payasam

    Similarly, it's always a jaggery based traditional payasam for such festivals. Check out my favorite one such recipe below.

    Arisi paruppu payasam recipe

    5 from 2 votes
    Arisi paruppu payasam is one staple recipe made during festive occasions (with coconut milk) by my mom and also every friday a simpler version of this. 
    20 mins
    arisi-paruppu-thengai-paal-

    Browse all payasam recipes →

    3. Mango sweet pachadi

    This is kind of must recipe that is made specifically on Tamil new year. In this dish, you have all the 6 tastes, so indicates we should face life as it comes.

    Mango Pachadi recipe

    4.91 from 10 votes
    Learn how to make mango pachadi with full video, step by step pictures. Neem flowers are added to the mango pachadi when made on Tamil new year's day.
    15 mins
    Mango-pachadi-recipe

    4. Neem flower rasam

    Check out the exclusive neem flower rasam recipe I learnt from my mom and it's so easy and tasty. In fact you can make any of your favorite rasam and top it with roasted neem flower, packed with flavors.

    Veppam poo rasam

    5 from 1 vote
    Neem flower rasam / Veppam poo rasam is one which I used to hate. Mom always insists to add some bitter taste in diet at least once in a week or month.
    15 mins
    veppam-poo-rasam-recipe

    Browse all rasam recipes →

    5. Neer mor

    Since Tamil New year falls on the month of April, it's always summer during that time. So we also include neer mor and panagam in our offering to God.

    Neer mor recipe

    5 from 2 votes
    Neer mor is spiced buttermilk, south Indian style, perfect as summer drink to beat the heat and keep yourself hydrated in natural way!
    2 mins

    6. Panagam recipe

    Panakam recipe

    5 from 5 votes
    Panakam recipe - How to prepare a perfect divine smelling and tasting Panagam with quick video, step by step pictures.
    0 mins
    Panakam recipe

    🌸 Neem flower

    Neem flower (Fresh preferred – or use dried) can be tempered in mango pachadi or include in rasam too.

    The idea is to include all the taste in one dish, on the first day of the New Year thus preparing yourself to face the year equally irrespective of situations.

    Other options (Consult elders at home about the veggies you can add for offering God)

    🪔 About Tamil New Year

    Tamil new year every year falls on April 14th. This is an Indian (south Indian) festival. It marks the first day in Tamil / Hindu calendar in the month of Chithirai.

    It is also known as Tamil varuda pirappu / varusha pirappu or Chithirai thirunal. Elders in home use the new Tamil panjangam from this day (Tamil calendar).

    We keep the New panjangam (with manjal kungumam on four corners) too in our prayer while offering food to God.

    This panjangam is used for determining the auspicious time for festival celebrations. We wake up early, take head bath and pray God.

    Also decorate our house entrances with maakolam (Check out my mom’s kolams to learn) (Tamil New Year Kolam) make a feast at home.

    Some people also visit temples. Many temples celebrate this whole month as “Chithirai thiruvizha”.

    Just like English calendar new year, we believe this day too as auspicious day for new and prosperous beginnings.

    🎉 Celebration

    This is the first day of Tamil new year, in the Tamil calendar and it's more important for us Tamil Hindus.

    Whichever country we are living in, we make sure to celebrate in our house holds the same way our mom and mom in law do.

    We want our kids too to know about these traditions and carry these traditions to the next generation.

    We collect neem flowers throughout the year from our backyard neem tree, dry it in shade and preserve it for the whole year.

    If fresh flowers are available, we use that new flowers for tamil new year day cooking.

    As a kid I never used to like the neem flower toppings in rasam and pachadi.

    I used to take out all the neem flowers before eating and argue with my mom to not to add in those.

    My parents and grandparents used to explain me patiently about the importance of including all the tastes.

    They used to say it is healthy too.  But these days, I am craving for those as that bitterness is also a taste and one cannot explain the flavour that it passes to the dishes it is added to.

    Our food

    We prepare a full meals feast which has 2 types of pachadi, 2 types of vegetable side dishes, sambar, rasam, payasam, vadai and end with buttermilk. 

    We always include raw mango and neem flowers in the menu. Rasam is made with neem flowers.

    And mango pachadi is a must, which is made with jaggery, raw mango and tempered with neem flowers – to include all tastes sweet, sour, spice, salt and bitterness.

    Meaning we should be prepared to face all moments in life and treat them equally.

    Since this festival falls in summer, we make neer mor and panakam as well. (All links above under 'Recipes' heading)

    How our elders have made the festival menu according to the seasons and things available that is also good for our health is quite astonishing!

    🥭 My favorite part

    Being a foodie I love the special dishes prepared on that day – Mango pachadi and neem flower rasam the best. I like vadai payasam too.

    Browse more recipes :

    • Payasam & Kheer Recipes
    • Sambar Recipes
    • Poriyal Recipes
    • Rasam Recipes

    Pachadi recipes

    • Mango sweet Pachadi
    • Gooseberry thayirpachadi
    • Ash gourd/ Poosanikai thayir pachadi
    • Beetroot thayir pachadi
    • Vendakkai thayir pachadi

    Depending on you family size and the time, keep the menu simple and stress free for the festival.

    Check out this Ugadhi pachadi recipe too.

    Other Indian Festival recipes

    • modak recipe
      Modak Recipe | Ukadiche Modak
    • panjiri recipe
      Panjiri Recipe | Janmashtami recipes
    • cucumber kosambari recipe
      Cucumber kosambari recipe | Vada pappu
    • sivapparisi-kozhukattai
      Sigappu arisi kozhukattai, red rice kozhukattai

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    Comments

    1. Unknown

      April 13, 2016 at 8:25 am

      Nice collection ya thank u

      Reply
    2. Nagarathinam Vijay

      April 13, 2016 at 1:31 pm

      Thnx a ton..I was breaking my head to decide tomorrows menu..it is really helpful..

      Reply
    3. Nagarathinam Vijay

      April 13, 2016 at 1:32 pm

      Thnx a ton..I was breaking my head to decide tomorrows menu..it is really helpful..

      Reply
    4. The Happie Friends Potpourricorner

      April 13, 2016 at 4:06 pm

      Lovely Collection 🙂

      Reply

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