01-04-2004, 07:15 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Jan 3 2004, 06:17 PM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Jan 3 2004, 06:17 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> A harvest festival honoring the Sun God and the lord of rains, Indra, Pongal also symbolizes a thanks-giving festival for the plentiful paddy crops that the farmer has harvested during the mild winter months in South India. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pongal actually means to swell or rise- the rising of milk on heating.
A sweet dish called sharakara annam or socca (shakra) annam or ventan (devendra) annam is made for indra while a salty dish called ghR^ita annam or churiya annam is made for surya. They are very tasty with the appropriate amounts of ghee and right pickles to go with them.
I recall there were some native tamil names for them that I forget.
Pongal actually means to swell or rise- the rising of milk on heating.
A sweet dish called sharakara annam or socca (shakra) annam or ventan (devendra) annam is made for indra while a salty dish called ghR^ita annam or churiya annam is made for surya. They are very tasty with the appropriate amounts of ghee and right pickles to go with them.
I recall there were some native tamil names for them that I forget.