Over 22 years later, these memories still linger very fresh in my mind and often when I have dreams of the old house, Karthigai and this routine we had plays a part. Anyway, on to the food. Admittedly, I didn’t remember what food was made for Karthigai back then because the lighting of the lamps was more of a focus than the food (again, unlike Diwali) so I asked amma last weekend when I spoke to her. She said we generally only make sugiyan and two types of vadai (medhu vadai and masala vadai) for Karthigai. A Tamilian friend of mine said that her mom invariably makes appam for Karthigai so I am including that in the list too. Sorry for the rambling! I will move on to the recipes now. 7 Easy Recipes for Karthigai Deepam (Karthikai) Festival Click on the images to go to the recipes
