Pongal, the harvest festival celebrated across South India, is a time for joy, gratitude, and of course, delicious food! In Tamil Nadu, the heart of the festivities, homes reverberate with the ...

Pongal is a 4-day harvest festival that marks the sun's transition towards the north (Uttarayan) and end of the winter solstice. Food is an integral part of the festivities. Here are some of the most ...

One of the basic and common type of Pongal, this dish is made with rice and yellow moong dal, cooked with black pepper, cumin and ginger. | Credit: DH Pool Photo. Sweet Pongal.

Pongal, the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu, is a time to celebrate the year’s agricultural produce and the hard work of farmers in bringing it to the table. What better way to celebrate than by ...

Pongal 2025: 5 dishes to add flavour to festivities. DH Web Desk. Ven Pongal. Made with rice, split yellow mung dal, ghee, cumin, ginger, pepper and curry leaves, this delicious dish is served ...

Note: You can make milagu pongal with kudiravaali arisi too. Thinai Inippu pongal. Ingredients. Thinai arisi - 250 gms. Yellow moong dal - 100 gms. Jaggery (grated) - 200 gms. Ghee - 50 ml. Cashew ...

Serves: 2-3. Ingredients. ½ cup mixed lentils of your choice, soaked overnight; 2 tbsp oats, dry roasted; 2 tbsp kodu or foxtail millets, soaked for 15 minutes; 1 tsp rai or mustard seeds; 1-2 ...

Women cook rice to celebrate Pongal at Dharavi in Mumbai on Monday, January 15, 2024. Men preparing tilkut (sesame jaggery disks) at a shop in Patna ahead of Makar Sankranti in Patna, Bihar.

MINNETONKA – Colorful dancers twirled and dipped on the stage at Hopkins High School while the halls filled with the language of Tamil on Saturday, Jan. 18, for the Pongal Harvest Festival.

Wash the millet and lentils together. Soak for 20 minutes, then drain the water. Prepare the jaggery syrup and set it aside. Boil the dal in a pressure cooker and set it aside.