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Pongal 2024: 5 Delicious Foods To Include In Your Traditional Pongal Lunch Menu

12Jan

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Pongal 2024: 5 Delicious Foods To Include In Your Traditional Pongal Lunch Menu

[ad_1] Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated by the Tamil community to thank the Sun, Mother Nature, and farm animals for contributing to a bountiful harvest. The festival is celebrated over four days. This year, Pongal will be celebrated from January 15 to January 18, 2024. The joyous festival also marks the beginning of the auspicious Tamil month called Thai. Pongal is also the name of the dish made and eaten during this festival. This Pongal, celebrate the joyous festival by enjoying a traditional lunch with your loved ones.Pongal 2024: Here Are 5 Aromatic Dishes to Include in Your Pongal Lunch Menu:1. SambarA hot, savoury vegetable sambar is a must to include in the Pongal menu. To make delicious sambar, first temper and saute vegetables and then add sambar powder, tamarind paste, ...

Happy Lohri 2024: 5 Traditional Foods Of The Harvest Festival That Lohri Is Incomplete Without

11Jan

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Happy Lohri 2024: 5 Traditional Foods Of The Harvest Festival That Lohri Is Incomplete Without

[ad_1] Lohri 2024: Lohri is a festival of togetherness and as celebrations abound in Northern India, one can't ignore the waft of great food that's cooking in Indian kitchens. There's something about the nippy air of January that is too festive to ignore. Often called as the 'land of festivals', India boasts of a maximum number of festivals in a calendar year. Festivals spanning across regions, territories and communities, have been spreading cheer since time immemorial. One such festival which makes January special for North Indians is Lohri. Lohri celebrates the harvest festival in North India. In an agro-based country like India, the season of harvest has been one of the most significant periods of the year. Lohri celebrates the harvest of rabi crops, those which are sown in the winte...

15 Best Ladoo (Laddu) Recipes | Easy Ladoo Recipes

3Jan

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15 Best Ladoo (Laddu) Recipes | Easy Ladoo Recipes

[ad_1] Popular Ladoo (laddu) Recipes- Gorging into this round, sweet and colourful delights called ladoo is exactly how we define pure love. Agree or not, if we had an option to select our national sweet, we would have named ladoo as one of the strongest contenders among many others. It is a ubiquitous sweet that is prepared every time during a festival, a family function or any other occasion. What makes ladooa special sweet is its versatility. It can be made with different ingredients and in fact, every Indian region has a variety of its own. But did ladoos actually originate to be savoured as treats? Interestingly not! Read on as we tell you.The origin of ladoos was more because the ingredients that were used had exceptional medicinal properties and were given to women during pregnanc...

In Pics: How Rajinikanth And Family Celebrated Pongal, With Aishwaryaa Cooking Traditional Foods

20Jan

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In Pics: How Rajinikanth And Family Celebrated Pongal, With Aishwaryaa Cooking Traditional Foods

[ad_1] The harvest season in India was celebrated with much enthusiasm across the country. While the northern regions marked it with the festivals of Lohri and Makar Sankranti, south India celebrated it with Pongal. Thanks to social media, we saw our favourite celebrities going all out to celebrate these festivals in their most elementary form. Little late to the party, superstar Rajinikanth's daughter Aishwaryaa has now given a glimpse of the family's Pongal celebrations and it was all about traditions. An important part of Pongal is to prepare traditional foods for the family. Feeding the cattle is also considered auspicious. Aishwaryaa made sure to follow all the Pongal customs. In a series of pictures that she posted on Instagram, we can see her donning a traditional south Indian sar...

7 Popular Varieties Of Khichdi From Across India You Must Try

19Jan

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7 Popular Varieties Of Khichdi From Across India You Must Try

[ad_1] Khichdi has been an integral part of Indian cuisine since time immemorial. The word has its roots in the Sanskrit word "khiccha", a dish cooked with rice and lentils. This humble dish has satiated our hunger whenever we've craved something light and has given us the much-need comfort on days when we've not felt our best. Not only this, khichdi is also extremely versatile and offers a host of health benefits. We Indians love this one-pot dish so much that you'll find different varieties of khichdi in different states of the country. Today, we bring you a list of popular khichdi recipes from across India that you should definitely try. Take a look.Also read: 5 Dal Khichdi Recipes You Can Make For A Wholesome And Delicious MealHere're 7 Popular Varieties Of Khichdi From Different Ind...

Twitter User’s Friend Confuses Pongal With Music Fest. Internet Reacts

16Jan

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Twitter User’s Friend Confuses Pongal With Music Fest. Internet Reacts

[ad_1] India is a land of diversity. The country has a rich and varied culture and food is an integral part of it. People often take time to learn about the different cultures, the festivals as well as the varied cuisines. However, the struggle only intensifies when you are trying to explain it to your friends in a foreign land. Students or working professionals who stay away from their country tend to celebrate their festivals in some way or the other. But, explaining the same to your friends from abroad could be quite a task. Something similar happened with an Indian woman, who goes by the name of whiskeyblues on Twitter. The user shared a screenshot of her WhatsApp chat, where she had a hard time explaining to her “white friends” that Pongal is a harvest festival and not a musical fes...

When Is Pongal 2023? Find Out Date, Time And Traditional Festive Recipes

10Jan

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When Is Pongal 2023? Find Out Date, Time And Traditional Festive Recipes

[ad_1] The harvest season in India is fast approaching and we are ready to celebrate it with the festivals of Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal and Bihu. Pongal is one of the Hindu festivals celebrated in Tamil Nadu. Thai Pongal, which is the second day of the four-day festivities, is the most important day of the festival. Thai Pongal is the first day of the 'Thai' month in the Tamil Solar Calendar, and it clashes with Makar Sankranti celebrated in the northern part of the country. Both the harvest festivals mark the sun's transition towards the north (Uttarayan). Pongal 2023: Is Pongal On January 14 or 15? Thai Pongal falls on Sunday, January 15, 2023 Thai Pongal Sankranti Moment is at 08:57 PM, on January 14, 2023 (Source: drikpanchang) (Also Read: When Is Lohri 2023 - January 13 Or 14...