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Pongal (Tamil
Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has Official language in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore....
: ???????)is a popular rice based South India
South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the Union territories of India of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of area....
n dish.

There are two varieties of pongal, namely, sakarai pongal (sweet pongal), khara pongal (spicy pongal), also called ven pongal in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 States and territories of India of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southern most part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh....
 and Huggi in Karnataka
Karnataka

Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
. The rice
Rice

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
 boiled with milk
Milk

Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals . It provides the primary source of nutrition for newborn mammals before they are able to digestion other types of food....
 and jaggery
Jaggery

Jaggery , gur , desi and panela , is a traditional unrefined non-centrifugal sugar consumed in Asia, Africa and South America....
 during the Pongal
Pongal

Thai Pongal is a harvest festival equivalent to a thanksgiving event celebrated by tamil people across the world. Pongal coincides with the festival Makara Sankranthi celebrated in various parts of India....
 festival is also called Pongal.

rai pongal is generally prepared in temples as a prasad (offering to God).






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Pongal (Tamil
Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has Official language in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore....
: ???????)is a popular rice based South India
South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the Union territories of India of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of area....
n dish.

There are two varieties of pongal, namely, sakarai pongal (sweet pongal), khara pongal (spicy pongal), also called ven pongal in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 States and territories of India of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southern most part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh....
 and Huggi in Karnataka
Karnataka

Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
. The rice
Rice

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
 boiled with milk
Milk

Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals . It provides the primary source of nutrition for newborn mammals before they are able to digestion other types of food....
 and jaggery
Jaggery

Jaggery , gur , desi and panela , is a traditional unrefined non-centrifugal sugar consumed in Asia, Africa and South America....
 during the Pongal
Pongal

Thai Pongal is a harvest festival equivalent to a thanksgiving event celebrated by tamil people across the world. Pongal coincides with the festival Makara Sankranthi celebrated in various parts of India....
 festival is also called Pongal.

Types of pongal


Sakarai pongal

Sakarai pongal is generally prepared in temples as a prasad (offering to God). This type of pongal is also prepared during the pongal
Pongal

Thai Pongal is a harvest festival equivalent to a thanksgiving event celebrated by tamil people across the world. Pongal coincides with the festival Makara Sankranthi celebrated in various parts of India....
 festival in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 States and territories of India of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai . Tamil Nadu lies in the southern most part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry , Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh....
, Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P.,is a state situated on eastern coast of India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....
 and Karnataka
Karnataka

Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
.

Sakarai means sugar in the Tamil language. It tastes sweet and contains ingredients like rice, sugar/jaggery, coconut pieces or moong daal. The sweetening agent in sakarai is traditionally jaggery
Jaggery

Jaggery , gur , desi and panela , is a traditional unrefined non-centrifugal sugar consumed in Asia, Africa and South America....
, but sometimes candy sugar can be added. This makes a white looking pongal, but adding jaggery
Jaggery

Jaggery , gur , desi and panela , is a traditional unrefined non-centrifugal sugar consumed in Asia, Africa and South America....
 makes a darker brown coloured pongal.

Ven pongal

Ven pongal is a popular dish in South India
South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the Union territories of India of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of area....
n homes and is typically served as a breakfast
Breakfast

Breakfast is a meal eaten after a long period of sleep, most often eaten in the morning. The word came about because it means breaking the fast after one has not eaten since the night before....
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