PONGGAL RECIPE

Ingredients
2 litres Milk
1 1/2 cups Newly harvested Rice
1/4 cup Moong Dal
15 no. Cashewnuts
10 no. Almonds
30 no. Kishmis
1/4 level teaspoon Nutrieg Powder
1 1/2 cup Jaggery (grated)
1/4 teaspoon Saffron (crushed)
1 teaspoon Cardamom powder
2 tablespoons ghee
Method
1. Chop almonds and cashew nuts.
2. Clean kismis.
3. Pour milk in the earthen pot called 'Pongapane' and place it on fire.
4. When the milk starts boiling add rice and dal, after washing. As soon as the rice and dal are cooked to
softness, add jaggery and ghee.
5. Let cook on medium fire for some time and then put in almond and cashew nut bits, saffron, nutrieg
and cardamom powders.
6. Now, add the kishmis.
7. Bring to one or two good boils.

EXAMPLE POT DESIGN

Things needed :
1. Water color
2. Brush with various sizes
Or
3. Different colors of marker pens

# According to the persons creativity !

Then, tiny cute mango leaves and turmeric leaves will be tied to it.

KOLAM

The coloring of simple rice flour kolam ! Just the way colored

Suggestion of two designs :

# The centre is not the foot but the earthen pot

Since, we have lack of knowledge about how to make kolam, Ill present with an alternative plan !
Well cut out the shapes of each single design out of paper or cardboard and fill it with rice flour at
temple.
Then, to decorate the kolam, well place some roses inn between the kolam.

SURROUNDING APPARATUS
Sugarcane
There will be three pieces of it!
Something to tie it together
Something to make it stand
Black sugarcane is preferable!

Banana
A bunch of banana (small)
Apple
2 piece
Orange
2 piece

Incense sticks
The small piece

Banana leaves
2 pieces

Kuthu Vilake
Small ones as deco

Kuntal
A few pinned freshly

SIDE DISH FOR PONGAL

Chickpeas that gives extra taste

ADD ONS
Coconuts
On the prayer tatu

Prayer tattu
To keep the fruits and coconut

Bricks
6 pieces of it !
To keep up the height

Veraggu
As the charcoal but not !
Small pieces work out more

Smokeless camphor
To heat up the pot

Fan
To make the fire bigger

Prayer Bell
As the pooja stuff

Peacock Feather
Deco

Aarthi Holder
As pooja stuff

Haldi Kumkum Holder

As pooja stuff

Flower
-

Mallipoo
Normal flower

Kumkum & Haldi

As pooja stuff

Oil lamp
As pooja stuff

Beatel Leaves & beatel nuts

As pooja stuff

Diyas Lamps
As deco

Oil
As pooja stuff

Garlands
To god

Kapur Aarthi
As pooja stuff

Kumkum poo
4 pongal

Pooja Thali
As deco

Abishek Shankh
As deco

Agarbathi Stand
Pooja stuff

Mango leaves
As to put in kudam

Kudam
Pooja stuff

Copper Panchpatra
Hold Holy water

Cotton wicks
S to put in lamp

Match box
To light up

Rose water
As holy water

Kalkandu & Avul, Pory, Kadelei (half)

Needed place with kalkandu