Makar Sankranti or Sankranthi is a harvest festival which is celebrated across India in names with great joy and pomp. It marks the first day of the sun’s transit into Makara rashi (Capricorn). As per the Hindu calendar, this year, the festival would be celebrated all over India on Jan 14.
Makar Sankranti is also known as Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Lohri in Punjab, Uttrayan in Gujarat, Bhogali Bihu in Assam and Poush Sankranti in West Bengal.
People celebrate the festival by offering prayers to God Surya, by flying kites and by preparing several types of dishes. Here are some traditional recipes which you can make at home:
Makara Chaula:
Makar Sankranti celebrations in Odisha is incomplete without Makara Chaula. It is sweet dish which is offered as prasad to the Lords. As the name suggest ‘Makara Chaula’ is sweet dish made up of raw rice.
Ingredients
• Basmati…