If you have read my blog that i wrote in October of 2015 you will be able to relate to this one!

Just a little rewind, in that blog I had written about how and why I started following mahalaya amavasya, after I had my mother in my dream requesting me for food stating she was hungry after 8 months of her passing away on mahalaya amavasya.

My mother in law passed away this year April and she had the same request, but she was very clear that I must cook the food and not anyone else. I wake up in the morning and as per her request my maid cum cook calls me to take the day off ( remember my mil said I want you to cook 😁)

I started my day with a prayer that i have the strength of fulfilling everyone’s request, by now we have a long list of people who are in a better place guiding and protecting all of us, that day of the year of us to do our bit for them.

And how mystic could it get this morning my husband came from Coimbatore with a few coconuts from our coconut tree that have been nurtured by my mother in law, every time we went to Coimbatore she would proudly call that coconut tree climber to come and get us tender coconuts and coconuts to take back to Chennai. So this time she ensured she was served food that was made using coconut from her coconut tree.

We feel blessed beyond words to know that even though they are gone, they still guide and protect us, couldn’t ask for anything more!

Our menu had a little of everything for everybody, actually was a little easy because both sides of families have almost similar eating habits.

Fish curry, fish fry, mutton curry, long beans subji, sol kadhi, salad and parapu payasam.