By Bornika Das
It is a staple food for Makar Sankranti. These ladoos are made with sesame seeds and jaggery and are a treat to our souls. Sasame and jaggery are an important part of the Sankranti celebration.
It is a Maharashtrian delicacy. It is a sweet flatbread stuffed with sweet and crumbly moong-based filling.
It is a popular Odia dish where harvested rice, jaggery, milk, chhena, banana, and sugarcane are blended. After the mixture is offered to God, it is distributed among the people.
Bengalis make payesh during Makar Sankranti. It is a thickened rice and milk pudding with aromatic flavours. Payesh is sweetened with date palm jaggery or khejur gur which is only available during winter.