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Pongal Greeting Cards to Send to your Friends!
Every year as we celebrate Pongal in our home, we invite friends for a potluck. I attempt to archive our yearly potluck menus here.
Many menu items have posted recipes. Enjoy and in your adventurous moments, you can also attempt to prepare these tasty menu items! If you'd like to try other South Indian/ Tamil Recipes, check out the recipe books by Viji Varadarajan in the widget below.
All items listed are homemade.
Pongal - A South Indian Thanksgiving Feast!!
2012
2010
Banana Pudding
Bisibilibath
Bitter gourd (karela) curry
Chips- Banana and Multigrain
Chole (my recipe for Chenna Masala)
Coconut Chutney
Dosa
Dosa Podi with vegetable or sesame oil
Idli
Kanchipuram Idli (Masala Idli)
Kesari (Halwa)
Mashed Potatoes
Mysore Sambar
Onion Kozhumbu (Replace Vatthal with pearl onion in this recipe.)
Payasam
Rava Idli
Veg Mixed Rice
Ven Pongal (salt pongal) Recipe
2009
Appetizers:
Coconut Chutney
Frozen Samosas
Omapodi (recipe courtesy Vidhya Iyer)
Polla vadai (with diced onion and green chilies added- recipe inspired by Vidhya Iyer)
Main Dishes:
Beans Thoran
Beet Root Pachadi
Cabbage Curry
Homemade Lemon Pickles
Kanchipuram Idli
Mixed Rice (biryani)
Mixed Vegetable Sambar
Mysore Sambar
Plain Idli
Potato Curry
Tamarind Rice
Ven Pongal (salt pongal) Recipe
Desserts:
Paal Payasam
Potato Curry
Pongala Payasam/ Chakkara Pongal/ Sweet Rice and Dhal Pudding
Drinks: Water, Dahashamani
2008
Coconut Chutney
Kanchipuram Idli Recipe
Karela (Bitter Gourd) Curry Recipe
Lemon Pickles
Lemon Rasam Recipe
Mango Thokku Recipe
Murukku
Onion Chutney
Mysore Sambar
Idli
Potato Curry
Pongala Payasam/ Chakkara Pongal/ Sweet Rice and Dhal Pudding
Tamarind Rice
Thayyir Sadam (Curd Rice)
Kozhumbu
Vada
Ven Pongal (salt pongal) Recipe
2007
Appalam
Carrot Halwa
Coconut Chutney
Kanchipuram Idli Recipe
Lemon Pickles
Mysore Sambar Recipe
Potato Curry
Pongala Payasam/ Chakkara Pongal/ Sweet Rice and Dhal Pudding
Tamarind Rice
Ven Pongal (salt pongal) Recipe
2006
Coconut Chutney
Kanchipuram Idli Recipe
Mysore Sambar Recipe
Potato Curry
Pongala Payasam/ Chakkara Pongal/ Sweet Rice and Dhal Pudding
Tamarind Rice
Vatthal Kozhumbu Recipe
Ven Pongal (salt pongal) Recipe
Photos by Krishna Kumar.
One more Pongal Recipe by Kamala: Rawa Pongal
If you're looking for a pot with a dual purpose of cooking and serving sambar, stew, pongal or similar dishes, try the pot to the right! I got it a few weeks ago, and love it! When I saw the pot, I wanted to go back again and again for more sambar varieties (Vathhal Kozhumbu, Besan (Chick pea flour) Sambar, Savory Sambar, Mysore Sambar, Homemade Sambar Powder, Eggplant Sambar, Sambar inspired by Viji Varadarajan) mostly because the pot is so cute! I like how the pot handle's have a silicone coating on the inside part (think that is it). Because of that I did handle the pot without potholders.
These are just a few ideas I have experience with. I would like to learn more. If you have creative solutions to integrating American utensils into Indian cooking, please leave your comments below. I really appreciate you reading my blog and sharing your thoughts and experience with me!!
See more items to create your India inspired kitchen.
Tips on creating an Indian inspired kitchen - your ideas welcome!
Jennifer Kumar is a cross-cultural teacher, trainer and lifestyle adjustment mentor helping people adjust to American and global lifestyles through a variety of methods, including Indian cooking classes. She was educated in India as a social worker and in America as a life coach. Feel free to see her website - Authentic Journeys - Lifestyle and Cultural Transition Services.
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Updated January 2013