Sankranti or Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated in many parts of india. Every place it is celebrated in a different way.Love the traditions. We celebrate Pongal/Sankranti at home too.
We prepare pongal and give TilGul to atleast 5 suhagans (Married Woman).This is given or exchanged so that happiness prevails.
We make this platter every year and try something interesting and creative each time. Sharing some pics from my home. TilGul mixture consists of Til,roasted peanuts,jaggery,buna hua chana,colourful peppermints,dry coconut.It takes a lot of time to cut jaggery and dry coconut into small pieces and roasted peanuts and de-skin them.
Sankranti Platter consists of haldi kumkum,Fruits,Sugarcane,Tilgul mixture,Blocks made of sugar syrup( called as Sakkare Achu in Kannada),Handmade rose and a gift with blouse piece ,betel leaf and nut with some shagun(money).
I would like to thank my dear friend Pushpita for inviting me to do a guest post on Pongal / Sankranti. Pushpita an Economist by qualification, a freelance writer by profession, a homemaker, a mother and last but not the least is a food enthusiast. Do check her wonderful blog https://eigichakhum.wordpress.com/ as she shares some exotic recipes from the North East. Keep sharing the unknown and long lost recipes with us.
Today I am sharing a recipe of Mavinkai Chitranna / Raw Mango rice which is one of the main dish cooked on this auspicious day.
Recipe :
Ingredients:
Cooked Rice – 1 cup
Broken wheat -1/2 cup
Grated mango -3/4 cup
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
For Seasoning
Oil – 2 tsp
Mustard seeds -1 tsp
Bengal gram/channa dal -2 tsp
Urad dal -1 1/2 tsp
Hing -a pinch
Green chillies -2 slit or chopped
Peanuts -1/4 cup
Curry leaves – Few Sprigs
Fresh coriander finely chopped -1/4 cup
Method:
Pressure Cook rice and broken wheat in such a way that each grain remains separate. Spread it on a plate to cool. Wash, peel and grate raw mango.
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add channa dal, urad dal, green chillies and hing. When dal turns golden brown, add peanuts, turmeric powder, salt to taste ,chopped coriander and curry leaves. Add grated mangoes and mix well to combine with the spices. Cook for just 2-3 seconds and switch off the flame. Add cooked rice and mix gently . Check for salt and add if required.
Serve hot!!!