PONGAL Traditions & Recipe
🙏Thai Pongal was unfortunately
not celebrated by Christians - though may own paddy fields & thus harvest.
The Hindus only Celebrated regardless of profession. We used to get quite a lot of Pongal servings from teachers &
student families living nearby. We the children grade them according to our
liking.Traditionally, men are
supposed to put the rice in the pot with milk to boil. My mother had convinced me - it
is not a religious tradition (as we were made to believe ) and we should be
celebrating the Paddy Harvest. Since, I enjoy/ Celebrate Thai Pongal!
New Clay Pot
-placed on Three prong makeshift fire-place in the middle of "Kolam ( design made on the courtyard floor - with colored Rice flour & shredded coconut)
Boil Cows milk Or Coconut milk
Put washed Red Rice ( made from first bunch harvested from the fields)
Add Roasted Mung bean
As Rice cooks & softens and milk over flows... towards the rising sun
( slightly lowered towards East)
Add Coconut or Palmyrah Jaggery
Raisins & Cashew nuts
Cadomoms & Nutmeg
A scoop of Ghee or Butter (AU or Irish)
Serve on Green Banana Leaves -
First to Honor the SUN
Then Ancestors - in Prayer room
Then Children, Family & Friends
ENJOY!
💝Happy Thai Pongal🌟🙏
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