Pongal celebrated through the first four days of the Tamil Month of Thai (Mid January to Mid February), is a popular harvest festival in Tamil Nadu. The word Pongal, which literally means 'boiling over', refers to rice cooked in milk and jaggery. The preparations for the Pongal festival are quite elaborate. Pongal or sweet rice is the main preparation of the festival.

Pongal Recipes 'Pongal' means boiling water and symbolizes the excess and plentiful of harvest and prosperity. The harvest festival of Tamil Nadu has two main dishes on its course as 'Sweet Pongal' and 'Salt Pongal' along with other side dishes of rice and 'Avial', a concoction of vegetables.

Here are some typical Pongal recepies for you to use and enjoy on or around the festival of Pongal:

Pongal Recipes :

How to Make Pongal

Ven Pongal / Venn Pongal

Sakkarai Pongal / Sarkarai Pongal

Chackra Pongal / Chakara Pongal

Sweet Pongal

Rava Pongal

Khara Pongal

Rice Pongal

Avial's Recipe

Lemon Rice

Puli Pongal

Other Pongal Recipes