Wish you all a very Happy Pongal :)
Iniya Pongal Nalvazhthukkal!
Sankaranthi Subhakanchalu :)
The beautiful harvest festival is celebrated in a grand manner all round south India.
As ever our house was filled with festivity too :)
As ever our house was filled with festivity too :)
Starting from a thematic kolam in the entrance by me, making of chakkara pongal, paal pongal and pongal kozhambu followed. It is considered auspicious to let the milk over flow and this is when all of us would start saying pongalo pongal :) Finally a small pooja to god was done by mom. :)
I have put down the recipe for Chakkara pongal and Paal pongal along with a lot of details about the festival last year. Check out the post here. :)
Along with the two types of pongal we also make this kozhambu specifically on this day.
This pongal Kozhambu goes really well with paal pongal and is one of the best combination ever.
Along with the two types of pongal we also make this kozhambu specifically on this day.
This pongal Kozhambu goes really well with paal pongal and is one of the best combination ever.
Ingredients:
Red pumpkin(Parangikai) - 1/4 kg
Sweet potato(Sakarai valli kelangu) - 1/4 kg
Broad beans(Avarai) - 1/4 kg
Field beans(Mochai) - 1/4 kg
Tamarind pulp - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1 tblsp
Green chillies - 2
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Bengal gram dhall(kadali parupu) - 1 tblsp
Black gram dhall(ulutham parupu) - 1 tblsp
Coriander seeds(Dhaniya) - 1 tblsp
Cumin(Jeera) - 1 tsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek(vendhayam) - 1/2 tsp
Red chillies - 10
Salt - for taste
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Red pumpkin(Parangikai) - 1/4 kg
Sweet potato(Sakarai valli kelangu) - 1/4 kg
Broad beans(Avarai) - 1/4 kg
Field beans(Mochai) - 1/4 kg
Tamarind pulp - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1 tblsp
Green chillies - 2
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Bengal gram dhall(kadali parupu) - 1 tblsp
Black gram dhall(ulutham parupu) - 1 tblsp
Coriander seeds(Dhaniya) - 1 tblsp
Cumin(Jeera) - 1 tsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek(vendhayam) - 1/2 tsp
Red chillies - 10
Salt - for taste
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Method:
Pressure cook sweet potato, broad beans(Avarai) and field beans.
Take a vessel and drop the diced pumpkin and add salt, jaggery, slit green chillies, finely chopped ginger, curry leaves and tamarind paste along with it. Add enough water and cook until the pumpkin becomes soft. Now add the other pressure cooked vegetables to it.
Pressure cook sweet potato, broad beans(Avarai) and field beans.
Take a vessel and drop the diced pumpkin and add salt, jaggery, slit green chillies, finely chopped ginger, curry leaves and tamarind paste along with it. Add enough water and cook until the pumpkin becomes soft. Now add the other pressure cooked vegetables to it.
Take a tsp of oil in a pan and roast bengal gram dhall, black gram dhall, coriander seeds, cumin,
pepper, fenugreek and red chillies for just a minute.
Grind all these along with coconut into a smooth paste.
Add this paste to the vessel with cooked vegetables. Allow it to boil for a while stirring it now and then. Finally season with mustard and garnish with coriander leaves.
This is my mom's bommai pongal collection ;)
Written by: Nithya
28 comments:
Wonderful pics again Nithi..Wish you n all Happy Pongal
Hello Nits,
lovely post about Pongal. Love the photographs :)
Wow! What a pictorial description of Pongal! Love the cute pot out there. Happy Pongal to you and your family too, Nithi.
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Great Clicks! Wish you a happy Pongal..
Happy Pongal..Lovely clicks :)
Lovely way to celebrate pongal....We too make this kulambu...I luv it with sweet pongal too...Wishing u and ur family a very happy pongal too!!
Happy Pongal :)
Lovely pics..
Seasonas greetings to you & family ! lovely pics
Lovely pictures Nithi..great job girl!
Sankranti Subhakankshalu Nithya every thing looks great...
happy pongal dear....
Happy pongal/sankaranthi ,nithi...that terracotta iece stole the post
Happy Pongal wishes to you and your family....Lovely pots and damn tempting spread..
happy pongal to you and your family. beautifully captured moments
This is how exactly my mom makes sambar for pongal... Loved ur mom's bommai pongal set..so cute and a fantastic presentation Nits..
Happy pongal! Nice post! Nice clicks!
Happy Pongal... nithuuu:)
very very cute pics, and recipe for kuzhambhu :)
Great pics!!Happy pongal :)
hi nithya fine all your food & photograph
(we met at canon photography training alwarpet)
HEy Nithi supera irukku. All the pictures and cute terracota Sun... Hope u all had wonderful celebration.
yummy and excellent pics. A very happy pongal to you and family.
Have a baking event on at my blog do participate when u have the time
http://cookingupsomethingnice.blogspot.com/2010/12/baking-for-beginners-part-two.html
Awesome presentation!!! Wish u a Happy Pongal!!
Belated Pongal wishes... Very nice pics...
Lovely pictures of Pongal, your paal pongal is tempting me too much. Hope you had a nice time with your friends and family.
Nithya - I have so much to catch up on ur blog! Love the terracota Surya - and gorgeous pongal of course! Hope you had a good one!
look like you had a wonderful pongal celebrations. Nice recipes.
A very happy Pongal, Nithya, and wishing you peace and prosperity.
Your pictures are beautiful.
Wow your presentation looks really cool loved it so much............keep going
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