Makar Sankranti 2024: Why The Festival Isn’t Complete Without A Plate Of Dal Khichdi (Recipe Inside)
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It's a new year, and we are all set to celebrate the first festival of 2024, Makar Sankranti, soon. Referred to as the harvest festival, it marks the Sun's transition in Capricorn (also called Makar in Sanskrit), making way for longer days with ample sunshine for crops. This year, Makar Sankranti falls on January 15 (Monday). Hence, over the weekend, you will see people enjoying the festival with colourful kites, songs, dance rituals, and, of course, delicious foods.During Makar Sankranti, you will find people preparing different traditional foods in different regions. While people in Bengal make pithe (sweet dish) with date jaggery and rice flour, Gujaratis make Undhiyu and sakkar pongal. However, one Makar Sankranti-special dish that remains common across India is dal Khichdi. N...