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Navaratri Special: 9 Easy Naivedyam Recipes for the Goddess
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News18•10-10-2026, 12:34
Navaratri Special: 9 Easy Naivedyam Recipes for the Goddess
- •Offering different naivedyams to Goddess Durga over the nine days of Navaratri brings health, happiness, and peace.
- •All the special recipes for the nine days are strictly saatvik and prepared without onion or garlic.
- •Traditional dishes like Sakkarai Pongal, Puliyogare, Paramannam, and Shalyanna are deeply loved by the Goddess.
- •Coconut Rice, Curd Rice, and Chana Sundal are simple, quick, and traditional offerings for the festival.
- •Sweet treats like Kesari Bath and Rice Payasam can be easily prepared at home to complete the daily worship.
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Navaratri offerings include nine traditional, onion-and-garlic-free sattvik dishes: Sakkarai Pongal, Puliyogare, Paramannam, Shalyanna, Coconut Rice, Curd Rice, Kesari Bath, Rice Payasam, and Kadalekaalu Sundal (Chana Sundal).
To make Sakkarai Pongal, thoroughly wash one cup of rice and half a cup of moong dal, add water, and cook in a cooker. Mix in jaggery or sugar, ghee, and cardamom powder until smooth, then top with ghee-fried cashews and raisins.
Puliyogare is prepared by seasoning cooked rice with tamarind juice, salt, cumin seeds, chana dal, urad dal, dry chillies, and turmeric. Chana dal and urad dal can also be fried in ghee before being added.
