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!!
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