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Sriram L Iyer

From: "Sriram L Iyer" <sales@fixosign.com>

To: "fos" <fixosign@yahoo.co.in>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 10:20 AM
Subject: Hari sends Karadai Nonbu Wishes

Hi all;

Today, March 14th 2004 is "Karadai nonbu" - It is actually "Kara-adai-nonbu"

Karadai nonbu, was initially performed by goddess parvathi, in order to please Lord Shiva. She happened to take
birth on earth, and was distressed by the her seperation with Shiva. Hence she used to cook one adai, (rice adai)
and offer that adai with butter, and pray to shiva, that she should never part with him. It is said she kept this vrath
for 45 days or one mandalam.

( Incidentally - try seperating Butter from any warm Adai... Impossible )

Hence women do it to pray that they should never be separated from their better halves, or loved ones, in any
birth, till eternity.

We all know the story about how Savitri gor her husband Satyavan back from Yama.

It is said Savithri was advised to keep this vrath (nonbu).

The purpose of the pooja is to pray that neither the man nor the woman, who happen to love each other, should
be saddned by seperation.
This pooja is to be done during the transition of "Maasi" to "Panguni".

Karadai nombu was oberved at our place this morning, about 7.45 am.

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Ingredients for Prepartion of Sweet Karadai

Coconut scraping - 1 cup

Jaggery (Gur) - 1 cup
Rice flour - 2 cups
Cow pea - 2 table spoons
Cardamom powder - 1 tea spoon

Method

Cook the Cow pea - "Karamani" in a cooker and drain the water
Boil half cup water with pinch of salt - remove from fire
Add the rice flour to the boiled water and prepare the dough
Mix cooked karamani,jaggery powder,coconut scraping and cardamom powder
Note: You can add Jack Fruit pieces - Like we added today..Yummy....
Stir well;take a lemon size ball and make it flat on a piece of banana leaf
Arrange 4-5 pieces in a plate and steam cook in a cooker for 10 minutes
Serve hot with butter

Ingredients for Prepartion of Salt Karadai

Rice flour - 1 cup

Coconut pieces - 1/4 cup
Karamani seeds - 1/4 cup
Salt - to taste
Water - 2 cups

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Oil, mustard seeds, urad dhal, ginger, green chilies & curry leaves.

Method

Fry rice flour till light brown.

Fry karamani and boil in pressure cooker
Keep Kadai on stove.Put oil and fry mustard seed, urad dhal, ginger, green chilies, curry leaves & add
water.
After boiling, add coconut pieces, karamani & salt.
Now, add the flour and stir till uppuma consistency.
After cooked, allow it to cool.
Take a lemon size ball of the mixture, flatten it out and place in idli trays and steam it for about 15 min.
Serve hot with butter.

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Sriram L Iyer

From: "Sriram L Iyer" <sales@fixosign.com>

To: "fos" <fixosign@yahoo.co.in>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 7:10 PM
Subject: Hari sends mail

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Sriram L Iyer

From: "Sriram L Iyer" <sales@fixosign.com>

To: "fos" <fixosign@yahoo.co.in>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 8:56 AM
Subject: Hari sends mail and Elai Adai Recipe

Dear All;

Been a while....

This past 4 weeks have been hectic at Chennai, with the financial year close of 2003 - 2004

To me, like all for business people, the opening of any new Financial Year is important and significant.

To me it is a great opportunity to take the "THULABARAM"

I weigh out my Assets and Liabilities and take stock of my true Net Worth.

Most of my friends do the same.

It is nice looking back and have a look at all the records of the past years and watch the steps we had taken to
grow.

The "THULABARAM" is just not of things that are material and measurable.

It consists of the growth in the number of good things that we have learnt, friends acquired etc... during the past
12 months and over the years.

I found a good software available online, to keep track of your Net Worth..

It is available on www.personalfn.com

I have been using some of their paid services in their other website www.equitymaster.com

Try it. You may like it.

regards
Hari

Yesterday, Sunday April 11th 2004... We made "Elai Adai" at our place.

For the Uninitiated... "Elai Adai" is a Steamed and Folded rice Pancake with a Sweet Fill in.

This is Jack Fruit Season in Chennai.

So Elai Adai was on the cards for a long time.

With a little coaxing, my mother was firing on all cylinders.

Slicing the Jackfruit to take out the Pieces of Jack fruit, making the coconut mixture ready, having the rice flour in

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place..

Soumya and Shyamala took about 15 minutes to have the first "Adai" - ready to serve.

You know some thing guys.. You gotta eat this stuff to believe it.

Humfff.... Gossamer thin rice flour covering to a most delectable sweet dish.

If you are watching your calories, you can still have Two pieces, ... that is if you can stop at it !!!!!

And here is the Recipe...

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