Muruku is a very tasty and popular snack and is made for festivals like janmashtami and diwali ..it is also very easy to make and can be stored for over a week ..

Boondi Laddoo is an all-time favorite and made on several special occasions and festivals.

Ingredients:

This Recipe is very much traditional south Indian recipe, mostly this recipe prepared by  all south Indian families on festivals and also special occasions like   marriage.

• 2 Cups Urad dhal
• 1/2 teaspoon Yellow Kesari colour
• 3 Cups Sugar
• 2 Cups  Peanut Oil
• 6 Cardamom pods

Method:

• Soak Urad dhal in water for 4 hours. Wash it thoroughly and blend it to a smooth thick batter of piping consistency adding little water at a time.
• Best blended 2/3 cups in 3 batches with food coloring.
• For piping the batter, you can use a sturdy icing pipe with round nozzle not more than 5mm diameter.
• Make your own (like I did): Take a thick cotton cloth 1 x 1 foot; punch a hole 3mm diameter in the center of the cloth; button stitch it to strengthen the opening either by machine or hand.
• Make the syrup by boiling 3 cups of vegan sugar in 2 cups water in a 2 liter deep saucepan. Add split cardamom pods.
  Keep it on low fire on one burner. Leave a heavy ladle for dunking fried Jeleabi in syrup.
• Heat oil in a frying pan on an adjoining burner on a medium flame. When the oil is hot make Jeleabi one at a time directly over the oil. Make 3-4 pieces per batch.
• Fry  depending on whether you want your Jeleabi crispy or soggy. Remove them from the frying pan with a skewer or a ladle and dunk them in the syrup one at a time. The Jeleabi tend to float. Do not let them. With the heavy syrup ladle hold it down. In 30 seconds, they will be well soaked and ready for draining and laying out on serving tray.
• Half fill your piping bag. Or put 1/2 cup batter in your piping cotton (stitched up as described earlier) and gather it from four corners and hold it like a piping bag.
• Pipe over the hot oil, an inch above the surface of the oil, (Initially its very difficult to do,this recipe prepared by my Grandma all the credits goes to her only) with a steady hand, a quick 2 rings of spiraling circle closely adjoining each other (as you pipe it will try to move away); continue piping small circles in one continuous thread over the ridge formed by the spiral and finish when the small circles cover the entire ridge; break off by stopping the piping.
• Move the Jeleabi away and pipe 2-3 more.
• You can practice over your batter itself before trying on the hot oil.
• Before Serving spread sugar on the Jeleabi.

• Aadi is a tamil month (July-August) and it is the fourth month of the year as per Tamil Calendar.This year, aadi month falls on July 17 and it is celebrated as ‘Aadi Pandigai (Aadi festival)’ or ‘Aadi Pirappu’(Birth of Aadi month).It is an important festival to all tamilians.
• Generally during this month, no new venture is planned. Nothing auspicious is done during this month.No marriages are planned.
  Then why is Aadi considered a significant month ??? Why is it a Sacred month ???
• In early days, there were months in which spiritualism was promoted. It was considered that social activities would distract the concentration of people who were trying to attain spiritualism.That is the reason no new activities are planned in the month of Aadi and it is considered a Sacred month.Even farmers too took this month as the right time to worship their goddess – River Cauvery for providing water.
• This month marks the beginning of all festivals as the following month Aavani is considered as festival season.
  ‘Aadi Perukku’ is a festival celebrated on the 18th day of Aadi welcoming the monsoon.It pays tribute to the life sustaining force of water (result of rain, dams etc). People living on the banks of the Cauvery offer special poojas to the river.
• My grandparents did live near the bank of Cauvery river. We always wished to be there during this month.You will get to see lots and lots of roadside shops with all the festive josh. I always loved to grab those balloons and play watches.People dressed up in their traditional way with flowers running down the hair,Streets decorated with colourful Kolams, Houses decorated with Mango leaves…you got to see, feel and enjoy it.Aadi Perukku is also called as ‘Pathinettam perukku’ as it falls on 18th day of the month.
• You should see the river bank on this day…poojas will be performed on the river bank (always too crowded) Very authentic.
• At home a special pooja will be performed followed by a feast with ‘Payasam’ , “Sweet poli’, ‘Vada’ and what not ?? (uuuuuuuuuhhhhh want to have some). We wear the traditional Pattu paavadai/saree (Silk skirt) on this day.
• Grand poojas will be performed in all the temples.
• Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays of this month are considered very auspicious. Friday of this month is called ‘ Aadi Velli’.