Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Pongal Celebration : Indian Festival




Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated by Tamils in the state of Tamil nadu in India.

The four day celebration of Pongal is held to honour the Sun ,for a plentiful harvest.


This time( 2011 ) i celebrated Pongal festival along with friends in Texas, Unites states .





We arranged a Ge-together party for pongal inside our community.
The main dish for this festival is Chakara Pongal and Ven pongal.
We prepared so many dishes for this party.
Below photo shows you the items .










We prepared idili , vada, chakara pon gal, poori, sambar, ven pongal, chutney, biriyani, tamarind rice, curd rice, pickle, ven pongal, carrot halwa, Rasamalai, payasam.