August 23, 2021

Sukku Vellam & Navaneetham - Krishna Janmashtami special


Share with friends and family

 Sukku Vellam and Navaneetham are two most important offerings made on Janmashtami or Gokulashtami . This year Janmashtami is on the 30th August 2021 and today we shall these two simple yet important offerings made to Krishna Kanhaiyya . 

I never thought of recording this as a blog post until a few of my friends kept asking me about these two recipes after they savored it as prasadam at my home .

It is said that if one is unable to make a huge and lavish spread of offering for Lord Krishna it is best to offer ChukkuVellam,Navaneetham and Thayir Aval (Gopalkaala) .

Most of the goodies made for Janmashtami are centered around ghee ,butter and aval (poha) as they are most loved by Krishna .

This time I plan to make Aval Ladoo from Narmadha's blog while you may want to try Poha Chiwda/Aval Mixture and Vegan Aval Payasam from my collection. 

Sukku vellam ,chukku vellam , krishnajayanthy special , iyengar krishna jayanthy , iyengar navaneetham,iyengar chukku vellam,iyengar sukku vellam,iyengar navaneetham,navaneetham, paancharatra sri jayanthy,pancharatra aagama krishna  jayanthy, navaneetham for krishna , butter sugar offering for lord Krishna

Chukku Vellam or Sukku Vellam is a mixture of dry ginger powder and jaggery.   Needless to say ginger is very useful to aid digestion especially after eating a heavy meal . Since we normally offer a grand spread of goodies as prasad to Kutty Krishna, it is best to take one small portion of sukku vellam after the heavy indulgence.

A small folklore associated with sukku vellam which I have heard from my elders -  since Devaki was just in her post partum/delivery phase ,this ginger jaggery mix would help her in digestion. Hence it is included as part of Janmashtami special offering. 

Sukku /Chukku Vellam shouldn't be confused to a traditional drink from Kerala known as chukku vAllam which is ginger infused warm water . Vellam in Tamil is jaggery while VAllam in Malayalam means water .

Sukku vellam ,chukku vellam , krishnajayanthy special , iyengar krishna jayanthy , iyengar navaneetham,iyengar chukku vellam,iyengar sukku vellam,iyengar navaneetham,navaneetham, paancharatra sri jayanthy,pancharatra aagama krishna  jayanthy, navaneetham for krishna , butter sugar offering for lord Krishna 
Navaneetham is very simple but delicious prasadam made from butter .
Lord Krishna's love for milk,butter ,curd and all his pranks with the Gopikas to get hold of the fresh butter from their homes is well known and we all have loved reading those. To make navaneetham ,you have to do is mix the butter ,powdered sugar , cardamom powder and offer it to baby Nandalaala .

Some more savories which we make at home unfailingly for Janmashtami 

Uppu Seedai

Butter Murukku/Benne Murukku

Mucchore / Moong dhall Chakli / Manam Kombu

Thenguzhal 

Kodubale

Ribbon Pakoda



Ingredients 

Sukku Vellam

2 tsp dry ginger powder 

1/4 cup powdered jaggery 

1 cardamom /elaichi

1 tsp melted ghee 

Navaneetham

4 tbsp soft unsalted butter 

3 tsp powdered sugar 

1/4 tsp cardamom powder

Method

Sukku Vellam


  • Pulse the ginger powder,jaggery and cardamom in the blender for a minute .
  • Transfer it to a plate,add the melted ghee ,mix well and roll it into small balls .
Notes
  • Donot consume more than one ball in a day as ginger has a tendency to increase body heat and may leave you feeling uneasy. 
  • You can also use dried ginger (shunti) .in that case first powder the whole dried ginger in the mixie and then add the jaggery to it .

Navaneetham 

  • Let the butter to soften at room temperature. 
  • Mix in the powder sugar,cardamom powder with butter and offer it. 


Pin it up 

Sukku vellam ,chukku vellam , krishnajayanthy special , iyengar krishna jayanthy , iyengar navaneetham,iyengar chukku vellam,iyengar sukku vellam,iyengar navaneetham,navaneetham, paancharatra sri jayanthy,pancharatra aagama krishna  jayanthy, navaneetham for krishna , butter sugar offering for lord Krishna

Sukku vellam ,chukku vellam , krishnajayanthy special , iyengar krishna jayanthy , iyengar navaneetham,iyengar chukku vellam,iyengar sukku vellam,iyengar navaneetham,navaneetham, paancharatra sri jayanthy,pancharatra aagama krishna  jayanthy, navaneetham for krishna , butter sugar offering for lord Krishna



10 comments:

  1. chukku vellam and navaneetham brings back Kamala pati household's Krishna Jayanthi. thisis a good reminder for me to buy white butter this weekend for kutty krishna. lovely vigraham of the lord too!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I totally relate to what you have written.have heard a lot about kamala Patti's Krishna jayanthy and bakshanams .

      Delete
  2. Both the recipes are definitely most favourite of lord Krishna. Usually makhan mishri is offered to Gopal. Your butter with sugar and cardamom is also sounds great. So useful post for upcoming Janmashtami.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Haan suja ji..Navaneetham is also same as makkhan mishri .

      Delete
  3. Two evergreen prasadams, beloved to Kutti Krishna. Such a lovely post. Very useful for beginner cooks.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Chukku vellam and navaneetham are so simple and delicious.One of the best prasadam for lord Krishna. Loved reading every bit of your post Priya.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Two most simple and favorite prasad for Krishna. Lovely to read the reasons behind offering this to god.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Sukku Vellam and Navneetham are the favorite offerings of Lord Krishna. We also make them but are known by different names. Lovely read !

    ReplyDelete

If you feel your search for the recipe ends here and this blog has helped you with that,please do drop in a word / suggestion ,which will motivate me further to help you guys !!