Makar Sankranti 2024: Delicious conventional recipes to enjoy with friends and family.

Makar Sankranti, the festival of sun’s travel into Capricorn, is the ideal opportunity for fresh starts, hotter days and celebrating over new reap. Committed to sun God the celebration is commended across India and portions of South Asia as well. While the celebration generally falls on January 14 every year, this year it is deferred by a day and is being seen on January 15.

During Makar Sankranti merriments, ranchers commend the overflow of yields and offer thanks for a decent collect. The day is likewise thought to be promising for fresh starts and is frequently connected with different social and strict exercises.
Individuals observe Makar Sankranti by flying kites, scrubbing down in heavenly streams, and planning conventional desserts made with sesame seeds and jaggery.

1. Sweet Pongal
Fixings
Moong dal-half cup
Rice – 1 cup
Milk – 1 cup
Jaggery – 200-240g
Cashew, raisins – as required
Cardamom powder – half teaspoon

Technique
Take 1 tsp ghee and meal the moong dal till smell and keep to the side. Add rice and drench for 15-20 minutes.
Eliminate the overabundance water and add the rice dal blend to pressure cooker. Add milk and tension cook it to delicate soft structure.

Dissolve the jaggery in water and bubble for 2 minutes. Strain it and keep to the side.
Take a container, add ghee and dish cashew, raisins and add the cooked rice-dal combination. Add the jaggery syrup, cook on low fire.
Add cardamom powder, ground coconut and blend well. Serve hot.

2. Kajjaya/Adhirasa
Fixings
2 cups sona masuri rice
2 tsp sesame seeds
2 tsp poppy seeds
1.5 cup jaggery
1 tsp cardamom powder
¾ cup squashed pepper

Strategy
Splash rice for 4 hr and eliminate overabundance water and dry it on a material for 30 minutes. try not to dry the rice totally, yet to eliminate trickling water.
Mix the rice to fine powder and sifter it. Keep it to the side
In a dry container cook sesame seeds and poppy seeds to get fragrance. Keep to the side.
Liquefy jaggery in water and bubble in low fire for 5 minutes. Test the consistency by dropping syrup into bowl of water, it should a delicate ball and holds the shape. This is the right consistency.

Begin adding the rice flour to the jaggery blend. Include little bunches and blend completely to stay away from any irregularities.
Add the broiled poppy seeds, cooked sesame seeds, cardamom powder and pepper powder. Blend well the combination so it shapes a thick glue and holds the consistency.
Move to other bowl and rest it for 12 hours. Apply ghee on top to forestall drying.
Following 12 hours consolidate the combination to frame delicate mixture. Assuming that it’s hard, blend crushed bananas. Assuming that the batter is watery add rice flour.
Oil a plate with oil/ghee, take the batter blend ball and straighten it with hands to little thick roti size. Size can be a large as your palm.
Heat oil in a skillet and profound fry in medium intensity. Sprinkle oil on all side to uniformly cook.
Cook it fresh to brilliant brown and tenderly press to eliminate abundance oil.
Cool it down. Utilize a tissue paper to eliminate oil.
You can store it as long as 14 days in water/air proof holder.

3. Corn roti
Fixings
Corn flour-3 cups
1 teaspoon ajwain
1 tsp salt

Technique
Take corn/maize flour, ajwain seeds, salt and blend well.
Add high temp water to massage into delicate mixture.
Fold the mixture into rotis. Use maize flour for cleaning.
Heat the skillet, add ghee and cook the roti to brilliant brown on the two sides.
Present with hot curry of decision.

4. Puran poli
Fixings
For the mixture – 1 cup maida
3 tbs rava
2 tbs hot oil
Spot of salt
For the stuffing 1 cup simmered peanuts
¾ cup powdered jaggery
Ghee

Technique
Take a bowl and blend rava, maida and salt with high temp water to make into delicate batter. Rest it for 30 minutes.
Take the broiled nut and powder it with jaggery in a blender.
Take little part of nut jaggery combination and make balls.
Take the maida mixture ball and roll to make roti. Keep the nut jaggery ball in center and cover it.
Roll again to make roti and move to hot container.
Apply ghee on the two sides and cook to brilliant brown.

Enjoy 😋

Happy Makar Sankranti ❤️