From the Bhakti List Archives
Mani Varadarajan
• Wed Jan 15 1997 - 11:45:16 PST
P.B. Anand writes:
>well. To kick -off the discussion, could Sri Mani or Sri Sadagopan
>elaborate on the mention of any specific dishes either in the
>divyaprabandham or in any of our main works.
I am only familiar with a small part of
the Prabandham, but even there, there are some
dishes mentioned. Andal promises Azhagar at
thirumaaliruncholai that she will fill 100 pots
full of akkaara-vadisil. I know that akaara-vadisil
is milk-based, but I have only eaten it a handful
of times (quite yummy!) so I don't know what's in
it.
Also, Periyaazhvaar in yashoda-bhaava tells kaNNan
that
appamkalandha siRRuNdi akkaarampaalilkalandhu
soppadan^aan_suttuvaiththEn thinnaluRidhiyEln^ambee!
She has prepared appam, siRRuNdi, akkaaram with milk
and other things ready for him to eat. Many of these
dishes are still made on Sri Jayanthi in orthodox
households.
I leave it for the real chefs to actually give uss
recipes!
Mani
