Varalakshmi Vratham Recipes – This year varalakshmi vratham is celebrated on Friday, 31st July 2020. Varalakshmi vratam is a festival that is dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi, the companion (wife) of Lord Vishnu. Lakshmi is the mother goddess of Hindus and is believed that she takes 8 different forms known as Ashtalakshmi to grant us different kinds of wealth.

Vara or varam literally translates to a boon or blessing and varalakshmi denotes “Lakshmi who grants boon”. Vratham means performing a ritual.
In the full sense Varalakshmi vratham means “Performing a ritual for Goddess Lakshmi to get her blessings/boon”.
Varalaxmi vratham is performed on the Friday prior to Poornima in the month of Shravana or shravana masam. It is carried out with much devotion by married women for the prosperity of the family, mainly the husband.
It is believed that worshiping Goddess Varalakshmi on this day is equal to Worshiping Ashtalakshmi – i.e
Aadilaxmi
Dhanalaxmi
Dhanyalaxmi
Gajalaxmi
Santanalaxmi
Veeralaxmi
Vidyalaxmi
Vijayalaksmi
How is the puja performed?
Preparation for the Varalakshmi puja starts by decorating the silver or bronze kalasham or kalash as it symbolically represents Goddess Lakshmi.
Each family has their own way of decorating the kalasham using various things like saree, silk clothes, jewelry, bangles, turmeric, kum kum & many more. These traditions are passed on by the elderly women to the younger generations.
On this day, different foods are offered as naivedyam to please the Goddess. It is good to follow the decoration & Vratham procedure followed by the elders in the family as it is mostly based on the family customs.
Tips for naivedyam
Traditionally payasam, boorelu, pulihora, garelu, punugulu, kudumulu, pachi chalimidi, vada pappu, panakam, pongali, phulagam are most commonly prepared in our home.
I have included payasam recipes using saggubiyyam or sago and semiya. Please note that since they are processed foods some people do not use them for naivedyam.
Skip green chili, garlic and onion you may find in some recipes as I had made them during regular days. You can also replace green chili with pepper corn.
Varalakshmi Vratham Recipes
Poornam boorelu | How to make poornalu | Burelu recipe

Sheera recipe | Suji Halwa

Pala thalikalu recipe | Andhra palathalikalu recipe

Vada recipe | Medu vada | Garelu

Sweet pongal recipe | Chakkara pongali (Sakkarai pongal)

Rice payasam recipe | Paramannam | Payasam with jaggery or sugar

Rava kesari recipe (Kesari bath)

Panakam recipe | Chalimidi vadapappu | Sri rama navami recipes

Curd rice recipe | How to make curd rice

Daddojanam recipe (Temple style)

Pulihora recipe | How to make pulihora (chintapandu pulihora)

Puliyogare recipe | Tamarind rice recipe in Karnataka style

Kudumulu | Undrallu recipe | Vinayaka chavithi prasadam (naivedyam)

Poornam kudumulu recipe | Sihi kadubu

Senaga guggillu recipe

Aval payasam recipe | Poha payasam | Atukula payasam

Ven pongal recipe | How to make Khara pongal

Sunnundalu recipe with sugar or jaggery | minapa sunnundalu

Sesame seeds ladoo (Til ladoo)

Dal vada recipe | How to make mixed dal vada

pala munjalu recipe | how to make pala munjalu

Urad dal bonda recipe | Minapappu punugulu

Punugulu recipe | How to make punugulu with idli dosa batter

Semiya payasam recipe | vermicelli payasam (Stovetop & Instant pot)

Sabudana kheer | How to make sabudana kheer

Saggubiyyam payasam

Rava laddu | Rava ladoo | How to make rava laddu

Coconut burfi recipe | How to make coconut barfi (Nariyal barfi)

Coconut ladoo | How to make coconut ladoo (Nariyal ladoo)

Boondi ladoo recipe (Tirupati boondi laddu)

Thambittu

Badam halwa recipe (almond halwa)

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Anusha says
All the recipes were very delicious Keep up the good work.
swasthi says
Thank you so much Anusha.
🙂