Dakshina Neivedyas

Havishyanna
Commonly called Ven Pongal / Kattu Pongali / Moong Dal Khichdi across states, this dish is very important in puja Niyamas. It holds highest rank in order of preferred Neivedya to Bhagwaan. This dish is considered as Golden Dish, as it looks so.

Moong Dal , Rice, Cow Ghee, pepper corns, Mustard, jeera, Haldi, Heeng, Ginger these are the ingredients with which the dish is made. A sticky version of it is made for offering to Lord and a dry version with only rice, dal, haldi , ghee is made to offer as Havissu in Yagnyas.

What ever if offered in Yagnyas is taken by the devtas and bless the prakriti with abundance. So this cooked form of rice is Havissu in many Yagnyas. There are many more form paddy is offered in the yagnyas/homas based on the padhati & Sampradaya.

Havishyanna is a healthy food for sadhanas, people who are on severe sadhnas, on bhagwata seva, in Deekshas like ayappa, hanuman, devi, shiva and venkateshwara should eat this simple food which is easy to digest, holds spiritual significance & gives sathwik vibrations

Chakkarapongal
A sweet form of same is called Chakkarpongali, which is offered to Bhagwaans during vratha. In sweet pongali sugar, cowmilk, moongdal, rice, cow ghee, dryfruits, edible raw karpoor are used. Both of these dishes hold highest importance.

Hayagreeva
Channa Dal , cow ghee, Dry, coconut pieces, cow milk, rice, dryfruits are used in preparing it. This is magical memory boosting food for children and babies. On fridays offering it to Devi and on Thursdays to Lord Hayagreeva & Dakshinamurthy blessed us with knowledge.

Pānakam
Water added with Jaggery powder, smashed pepper corns and elaichi is a liquid which is offered daily to lords to quench the thirst. This is especially very important in Ugra aaradhnas. Even seekers who drunk this reduces Tridoshas in body and cools the body.

Soaked Moong Dal/ Vadapappu

Moong dal soaked for hour or plus and drained, added with sugar and offered to Devi swarupas and Shree Rama and Narasimha swamy. It is said people who offer this daily have their wishes fulfilled even without telling it to the lord.

Pulihora / Tamarind Rice/ Haridānna

In lalitha sahasra, maa lalitha is said to be haridranna lover, which gives maa all shat Ruchis I.e 6 tastes in a single prashad. This can be offered to all devtas, & it is said that we are blessed with balance of 6 tastes of life and emotions

Sweet - Happiness
Sour - Sadness
Salt - Anger
Spice - Fear
Pungent - Disgust
Slice - Fear
Bitter - Surprise

Life is a mixture of these emotions.

Paramaanam/ Payasam/ Kheer
Parama-Annam, meaning the first preferred and important of all among sweet dishes. Maa lalitha jaganmatha is offered paramannam on fridays, poornimas & amavasyas. It is made of rice, cow milk, cow ghee, jaggery. This is important for surya neivedya too

Poornalu / Suziyam /Sukkinunde
Sweet made with urad dal batter coating and a sweet made of channa dal jaggery and elaichi stuffed inside is deep fried in Cow Ghee. This is offered to ma Lakshmi on Fridays & is important sweet in shubh karyas lyk marriages, vratas & Bhramin Bhojan

There is a saying

Offer

"Panchabhakshya Paramannam" during festivals, weddings, bhramin bhojanas and vrathas. 5 those of sweets cooked are bhakshyas. And paramanam is payasam or kheer.

Poli are one type of bhakshyas, which is made with same stuffing & coating is wheat.

Gaarelu / Uddina Vadas /Medhu Vadas

Most important food in Ugra Devi Devta aaradhnas and hot item in the festival bhojanas. In a bhramana bhojana vada, paramannam are main item and starts the bhojan with and finishes with and incomplete without Curd.

Vadas are wishmaking neivedya. Vada are offered in maalas to Anjaneya, kaali ma, kalbhairav, venkateshwara and many more bhagwans.

Chalmidi / Maavilakku/ Akki Thambittu

A wet raw and cooked versions of sweet made with Jaggery, elaixhi and soaked and dried rice flour is called chalividi. This is important for marital Bliss and progeny. This is integral of all vrathas to devis and Subramanya & Naaga aaradhna

Dadhiyanna / Dadhyojanam/ Thair Sadam/ Mosaranna

Curd rice with #cowmilk curd and a chonk of mustard seeds, jeera, heeng, curry leaves, green chillies, red chilly in cow ghee. This dish is very important to be offered to Kuldevis, kuldevtas and Sampradaya devtas.

The key to happiness of Kuldevis and devtas is Dadhiyannam. This is to be offered daily to bhagwaans along with the maha Nivedana at home. Adding pomegranate seeds to curd rice in offering makes ones wishes get answered through kuldevtas and devis.

Boiled Channa

A major prashad to Gurus on Thursdays is boiled channa with chonk of cow ghee , mustard seeds, jeera, red chillie whole and salt. Never use oil for chonk in this case even by mistake. If no ghee is available just offer boiled channa and jaggery piece.

Gudanna

Traditional way of preparing gudanna is just use rice roasted in cow ghee and boiling it in jaggery water. Add japatri / Bay leaf, elaichi and laung to it. And make it into a soft khichdi like consistency or dry as per your wish and offering it to Kuldevidevtas is imp.

Dahiyojanam and Gudanna are very important in kuldevi aradhanas Nd sadhnas of devi. These are offered to maa lalitha too on regular basic. Gudanna is offered to Surya and Shani too.

How should an ideal neivedya which satisfies all these above in daily life be like , this doubt almost creates a lot of confusion in people.

What ever you cook for afternoon which can be offered to lord without any tamasic and Rajasic foods in it should be used for neivedya.

Any food should be offered to lord and eaten and it is eatable only after offering it to lord, since the karma attached with will be released by lord. Hence it is said to utter a word Shree Krishnarpanamastu, while reading the mantras during the neivedya.

Best people can do is

1. Chaawal & or Roti
2. Jaggery
3. Spoonfull of rice in milk and sugar(Kheer)
3. Little curd and dal on rice
4. glass of water

Curd, ghee, gudd, milk, rice and roti are main. Dal can be or not added. any sabjis without onion garlic can be offered

***Dont taste the daily food or smell it intentionally while cooking**. All neivedyas can be made anytime as per your convenience and offered to bhagwaan

* Shubhamastu*

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