The word ‘dessert’ has originated from a French word ‘desservir’.  Desservir means ‘to serve’ or ‘to clear away’.  How can you end a meal by clearing your tummy?  Just give it a thought.  So, it is always best when you start a meal with a sweet/dessert to secrete enough saliva and tantalize your taste buds.  This is more emphasized in ayurveda as it enables the flow of digestive secretions rather than slowing down your digestion by consuming it at the end of a meal.  After your brain has sent out satiety signals to your tongue and mouth to stop, never gobble a sweet by falling into the sweet trap with heavy calorie loaded sugars; instead do it before you start your meal – Follow this to maintain a good health. The flat round shaped sweet vada which is popularly known as adhirasam / athirasam / nethi ariselu is a customary sweet that is made for makar sankranti / pongal as a special dessert or distributed to friends and families during weddings, varamahalakshmi pooja, dussehra etc.  It is very auspicious and tasty when it is made during makara sankranthi because it is the farmers harvest time when they have new rice and jaggery.  The crispy outer layer and the soft inner layer is the specialty of the sweet.  Any sweet lover who is a health conscious person will never miss this.  Buy online from Sitara the traditional coastal sweet of Andhra Pradesh, Nethi Ariselu for your house functions, special occasions or to gift your friends and relatives on any propitious day.