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EkaDesi – Yet another typical desi festival isn’t it( is it because it has Desi surname )
Whats so special in it ?
It is a very special one, especially being a srirangathaan it glues lot of memories to me.
Its one big ( 10 + 1 + 10 ) 21 days gorgeous festival being told time and again.

I would say this function brings an assorted feeling to me.. ( Hey come on i am not going to list the known stories out here .. its a feeling felt over decades )

• A month before ekadesi people started dreaming about this festival, started collecting their passes, started inviting their relatives
• 21 days of alwar stories being re-told again n again by my granny. but the thrilling part is u see, feel, mesmerize the story in a live action.
• Polymorphic look n feel of sriranganathar( mohini algharam is the best of it ), so adorned with that gambheeram.
• How can i forget those 25paise pack of salt fried groundnut or peas.. still i remember after our dinner ( 7.30pm ) i used to run to get the 4- 25paise groundnut packs
• Goodies – how can i forget those simple kutty kutty toys floored across the town.. but rubber ball with rubber string is an ever-green all time favorite one.. ( small one is 75paise and bigger one is 1Re ). Still the rubber ball starring the rating.
• Of-course cherubic srirangam girls spreads their fragrance – more info ref: Sujatha’s “Srirangathu devathikkal( 2 volumes )
• Sellurappam one such disc shaped , rice floor made simple eatable totally plunder ur days.
• Q-Status : ( huh its not a s/w datastructure algorthim ) on the eve of ekadesi people often talk about “Q – evalow iruku ” . Its like people used to form a queue to knock the heaven window( Sooirgha vassal ) and the Q bends bends bends more than 50 times. Its kind of a noodles twines the full town. any body passes by updates the status to every one.
• Those 15mintues tuition interval to see pallaku, vaiyazhi( kind of vehicle perumal uses ) along with my tutors( TR – sir, RSV sir, Vardhan sir ).. oh man enna oru days illa..

This time my mission ambassador ( Adiya kutty ) signed in for the Joy. hopefully she also njoys the rubber ball, groundnut, crowd, etc etc..

I can only hum : ( What a song Uma raman and Shobana plunders the first part and S.P.B just block u with the second part .. u can definitley feel the divinity of cauvery and srirangam out here )

sriranga ranga naadhanin paadham
vandhanam seyyadi

sridhaevi ranga naayagi naamam
sandhadham solladi

inbam pongum then gangai neeraadi

thenral poala nee aadadi

manjal kungumam mangai nee soodi

dheyvap paasuram paadadi

இனிய புத்தாண்டு வாழ்துக்கள் !!!

Mudhal Dosai – First dosa

Dosai with less oil more crispy or spongy( any thing is ok ) with sambar or garlic chutney is my foe. Not for the blog but in real also my mom and sister are the front end soliders for this war. Dosa in home is just a simple plain dosa not amalgamated with any thing.. some times i used to get ghee dosa ..
mm
athu oru azhagi nila kalam dhaan..

after a dutyfull loafying i used to bang my house by annamalai or maramadesam serial time..

Me: amma innaiikku enna dinner ?
Amma: dosa dhaan da…
Me:
enna ma( oru acting dhaan) sari sari poottu..
Amma: comes up with a
scrabbled one as if the dosa is ruthlessly raped by tava
Me: enna dosa ethu ,, mm
enna dosa. ethu dosa yaa ennakk onnum vedam ?
Amma: dai ethu first dosa
da…eppadi dhaan varaum.. kallu ( tava ) konjam heat aavanum..
Me: enna ku
athu ellam theriyathu. oru dosakudam panna theriyala… enna ku ethu
veydam..?Amma: sonna kelu.. first dosa appadi dhaan varum..
Me: nee eya
saapuda.. ennaku veydam….
Amma: comes up with next issue with a full moon
clarity..
Me: mm ethu ok.. loadification of dosa continues till archana or
swarnamalay comes for the next programm..
pasamalar: dai unnaku muudipotta
dosa pudikum illa.. can we try that..
Me: enna etho pannu poo..
( but
the understanding is dosa mava is over and they are cooking with freshly grinded
floor )..
Me: after a while i wrap up the dinner with some rice ….

eppadi eruindha naan..

later when i started cooking dosa and 90% percent of time i get my first dosa like this..

when ever i see that my eyes floats in a sea water.
like first love i used to like the first dosai also..
After that what ever it may be i used to demand for first dosa and eat.. -> ethu life illa..

Recently i ditched sambar and started having keerai kuttu or Soopu Saagu. I got this known recepie from my friend which was unknown to me ..

here u go..

Wash spinach nicely and chop the leaves fine.
If you have mixie, no need to chop, just clean the spinach.
Pressure cook
one cup thoor dhal,
2 tomatoes(medium size),
one onion,
add little
turmeric,
little salt and
the whole of spinach in the cooker.

Wait for 2 whistles.
Open the lid after the pressure releases and wait till the contents cool down.
Grind the entire cooked stuff little by little in the mixie.

If you dont have mixie, mash the contents inside the cooker itself nicely when it is hot.
After grinding keep the paste aside.
In a heated tawa,
add 2 spoons oil or ghee,
mustard, and
finely chopped garlic pieces (around 6 pieces),
let this fry and now add the paste.
Add water to this if needed.
Add salt and chilli powder
along with some tamarind juice
if the tomatoes sour taste is not enough.

Bring it to a boil and then eat it with hot rice and ghee….:)
sari ya..:)
try it n let me know.
it tastes great with dosa idly also. i love it.
take care.
Ramu

P.S>> later my mom added jeera also to the ingrediants..

Par ‘Thee’ Par ‘Thee’ Bharathi

Par “Thee” Par “Thee” == Bharathi endru engo( illa pa orkuill ) paditha gnabhagam..
MahaKavieya இனிய பிறந்த நாள் வாழ்த்துக்கள்

I had asked this question to myself and to few of my dear ones.

“Sutrum Vizhi Sudarthan Kannammaa” my all time favourite number portrays a modern girl with high octane lyrics.

The commerical rendering of this song always gives a patho outlook rather than a power one.. ?
its just my feeling and correct me if i am wrong ?

Album: Atma
Singer: Bombay Jayshree
Ref: TamilBeat.com or me

Album: Classical Bharathiyar Songs
Singer: Unnikrishnan
Ref: Some where in the net or coolgoose or me

Album: (Kandukondein) 2
Singer: Hariharan
Composer: A.R.R
Ref: Raaga or me

Album: Samarpanam
Singer: Soba Chandrasekar ( Actor vijays mom )
Ref: coolgoose or mohankumar or me

P.S>> after a long time i scribbled my guru and its totally my version of the existing copies

kural petti ( voice box )

one of my close-friend relocated himself to US pretty recently. Thrilled new born desi kid buzzing every body through SKYPE without knowing the in-coming charge details, poor coverage ( in-certain places ) and the famous voice box facility.
he called me couple of times here you go..
call 1#
caller: hi enna da? where are u ? call me back.
callee: ( name konjam bayama illa athu naan thaan ) ??
callee didn’t get the who is the caller
call 2#
caller: dai how many times i call u mmm? call me back..
when ever i call you i am getting
“You reached the number u dialled, drop ur short msg i will get back to you”
[ enna oru intelligent voice box illa. super mama ]
callee: again ?????? no way

call 3#
caller: serupu pinchupoidum naaye naaye..
eppo paarathalum ethey voice message. call pannu naaye.. .

callee: becomes bhathiraCallee now…and changed his voice box
“You reached the number u dialled, drop ur short msg/name and please don;t scold me. i will get back to you through my office phone “