Kolam by Sudha Balaji

I am sharing step by step pictures of the muggu I created for Facebook.  Add kaavi colour to get a traditional look, decorate your house for  Bhogi festival.  It will give an auspicious aura. This is based on padi kolam theme of Tamil Nadu.  There are two schools in padi kolam.  In one of the two , we start with square base.  The lines are even 2, 4, 6.  This is not a classical padi kolam How to make muggu pindi at home  For those who are coming here for the first time, I use a mixture of white muggu pindi and rice flour.  The ratio is for 3 parts muggu pindi I use one part rice flour.  Mix both thoroughly.  If there are any coarse particles in the muggulu powder remove with a sieve.  Decorate the centre according to your imagination Also a without chukki rangoli for Sankranti More the decorations, even more awesome rangoli we get We can decorate with kaavi or colours  You may also like to use this post for chukkala leni...

This is a traditional method of making mixed vegetable curry for Bhogi festival.  This tradition has been there from time immemorial.  Probably, this idea was started to prepare a recipe from the freshly harvested vegetables that are available during Sankranti. Usually, we prepare this as a side dish for for pooris we make on Bhogi day.  Since we live in Tamil Nadu, pooris with Bhogichi bhaji and Venn Pongal (the traditional and healthy breakfast of Tamil Nadu made with rice, moong dhal and lots of pepper) is also part of our menu. For festivals onion and garlic are avoided in cooking in our family so this recipe is without onion and garlic. The vegetables usually used are sweet potato, potato , carrot , cluster beans, flat beans, green beans seeds.  All the vegetables are cooked separately in water boiled in a vessel and not in a pressure cooker because they can become too soft and some of them will not be discrete also owing to the high temperature in the coo...

Like any other festival, Bhogi and Sankranti are celebrated in different ways in different states.  Celebrations and traditions vary across families too as we see.  Celebration of festivals, the customs and traditions differ between our maternal home and our in-laws home also.   I would like to share how I celebrate these two festivals. How to celebrate Bhogi Kolam is an important part of any festival and more so in Rangolisansdots.  So first I would like share the kolam, I drew for Bhogi.  It is a type of padi kolam or lines rangoli design.  This lines kolam starts with a Krishnan dindu design as it is called.  After drawing the rangoli with white rangoli, add colourful lines in the gaps to complete the kolam.  Lotuses on four sides adds to the ambiance of the festive spirit Since we live in Tamil Nadu we prepare Venn Pongal on Bhogi festival.   There is also the traditional mixed vegetable curry called Bhogichi Bhaji also called Goth Bh...