Thai Ponggal is a harvest festival equivalent to a thanksgiving event celebrated by Tamils across the world. Pongal in Tamil means "boiling over or spill over." The act of boiling over of milk in the clay pot is considered to denote future prosperity for the family. [Source: Wikipedia]
Thai Ponggal fell on 14th January last Wednesday and my mom made a variety of delectable meals to go with my favorite dessert, payasam. The main highlight is the sweet rice called ponggal sorru - a delicious concoction of rice, moong dal, brown sugar and milk is boiled in the pot on an open fire. We didn't make ponggal rice this year because two of my aunts brought us some of the ponggal rice they made.
Thai Ponggal fell on 14th January last Wednesday and my mom made a variety of delectable meals to go with my favorite dessert, payasam. The main highlight is the sweet rice called ponggal sorru - a delicious concoction of rice, moong dal, brown sugar and milk is boiled in the pot on an open fire. We didn't make ponggal rice this year because two of my aunts brought us some of the ponggal rice they made.
Ponggal rice
Tomato rice with vegetable kurma, cucumber with chilli and tomatoes in yogurt, vegetarian fish in soy sauce, and freshly made pudina paste - yummy!
Tomato rice
Payasam (a sweet Indian dessert - with fresh milk and vermicelli and sago)
Vegetable Kurma
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