Pongal (dish)

Pongal
Pongal cooking in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
Place of originIndia, Sri Lanka
Region or stateSouth India
Associated cuisineTamil cuisine
Main ingredientsRice, milk
VariationsVenn pongal, sakkarai pongal, kozhi pongal, sanyasi pongal

Pongal (lit. 'to boil over') is a South Indian and Sri Lankan dish of rice cooked in boiling milk.[1][2] Its preparation is the main custom associated with the Pongal festival. It is also eaten as a breakfast food.[3] A part of Tamil cuisine, varieties include venn (hot) pongal, sakkarai (sweet) pongal, kozhi (chicken) pongal, and sanyasi pongal. It has been described as "very dear to (the) Tamil people."[2]

  1. ^ Verma, Priyanka (2014). Pongal: Festival Of India. Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. p. 4.
  2. ^ a b Shanmugalingam, Cynthia (2022). Rambutan: Recipes from Sri Lanka. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 210.
  3. ^ Everyday Ayurveda Cooking for a Calm, Clear Mind: 100 Simple Sattvic Recipes. Shambhala. 2018. p. 261.

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