By Ujjainee Roy
January 16, 2024
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If you're cooking at home for Pongal, there are certain dishes you can't miss out on. Be it sweet and savoury varieties of Pongal or jaggery sweets, there are many festive dishes you should check out. Here are a few
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Ven Pongal is a savoury dish made with rice and split yellow moong dal cooked together and seasoned with black pepper, cumin, ginger, and ghee. It is often served with coconut chutney and sambar.
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Also known as Sweet Pongal, this dish is made with rice, moong dal, jaggery, ghee, and flavored with cardamom and cashews. Sakkarai Pongal symbolizes the sweetness and joy of the festival.
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A classic South Indian side dish, coconut chutney is made with grated coconut, green chilies, ginger, and seasoned with mustard seeds, urad dal, and curry leaves
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Medu Vada is a popular South Indian snack made from urad dal batter. These deep-fried, crispy, and savory doughnuts are usually served with coconut chutney and sambar.
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The sweet and creamy dessert, is a must-have during the Pongal festival. It is made with ingredients like rice, milk, jaggery, and flavoured with cardamom and garnished with cashews and raisins
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This delicious, crispy sweet is made with puffed rice, jaggery and flavoured with cardamom, ginger powders. It's light and mildly smokey
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This delicious salad is made with white chickpeas, curry leaves and coconut. Besides harvest festivals, it's also popular during fasting periods
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