Makar Sankranti is the marking of a new year as per the Hindu Solar Calendar. Like any other Indian festival, Makar Sankranti also has a lot of food rituals around it. Like Til ( Sesame ) and Gur ( Jaggery )have their significance on Makar Sankranti, Urad Dal ( Black Lentils ) on Makar Sankranti is special in North India .Donating this Khichdi along with jaggery to priests in temples and needy is considered auspicious. People also cook it and have it on this day . There is a variety of traditional food items and dishes enjoyed only on the day of Makar Sankranti. A few popular ones are:
• Til Gud Ladoo ( sweet balls made with sesame seeds with jaggery )
• Puran Poli ( sweet flatbread stuffed with a sweet lentil filling made from husked spilt bengal gram (chana dal) and jaggery )
• Undhiyu ( traditional curry from Gujrat cooked with many veggies )
• Sweet Pongal ( South Indian dish
made with rice , moong lentils ,
ghee, jaggery, nuts , cardamom )
• Peanut Chikki ( sweet candy
traditionally made with jaggery
and nuts like roasted peanuts or
cashews or almonds and coconut)
• Meethe Chawal ( flavoured rice
recipe prepared with basmati rice,
saffron and sugar )
• Urad Dal Khichdi ( porridge-like
Dal Khichdi made with rice and
Black lentils split and with skin )
• Sarson Ka Saag ( green
coloured gravy recipe made with
boiled & mashed mustard leaves
and spinach leaves )
• Chana Dal Pulao ( one pot chana
• dal Split chickpea lentils and rice
recipe )
• Murmura Ladoo ( sweetballs made
with puffed rice and molten
jaggery )
In northern culture or the region of UP , Bihar we celebrate the festival of Makar Sankranti with a family meal of urad dal khichdi . This year I skipped the Khichdi and cooked only the Urad Dal and paired it separately with Rice and Roti .
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