Happy Sankranthi

Sankranthi festival is a big festival for Telugu people.It is 4days festival in AP and celebrated in January 13,14,15 ,16days..Sankranthi festival is celebrated in harvest season.farmers pray the sankraanthi laxmi(dhanya laxmi) with new crop.It is also known Harvest festival.
4 days of sankranthi  :
  1 day-Bhogi
  2 day-Sankranthi
  3 day-Kanuma
  4 Day-Mukkanuma
Sankranthi celebrations mainly includes bhogi mantalu(bon fire),muggulu decorate with gobbemalu(cowdung balls)and flowers, rice,lentils(nava dhanyalu),bogi pallu,laxmi pooja,sweet pongal made with new rice and offered as nivedyam for laxmi,at evening people fly kites,.....
variety recipes(pindi vantalu) are made During sankranthi like ariselu, sakinalu(chakkilalu),kajikayalu,murukulu,garelu,sweet pongal,nuvvula(sesame seeds)laddu,...
Here is my Sankranthi recipes are which I prepared  sweet pongali,sakinalu,murukulu.

my rangoli on sankranthi.

I drawn the above rangoli  when I was in India on Sankranthi.
now here is my rangoli.I draw this rangoli at my balcony. actually I don't have colors to fill. :(

 of course I didn't get a neat rangoli,at that time the out side temperature is in minus degrees.so...I satisfied with this rangoli...

We miss lot of Festival enjoyments in US.

Sweet Pongali

Traditionally Sweet pongali is made on sankranthi.This is made with new rice,jaggery,yellow moong dal,sesame seeds powder.

Ingredients :
New rice-1 cup
yellow moong dal-1/2 cup
Grated jaggery-1 cup
cashews-1/4 cup
ghee-1/4 cup
Sesame seeds-1/2 cup
water-2 to 3 cups
Method:
  heat the ghee in a skillet roast yellow moong dal and cashews till they transfer into golden color.

now wash the rice and add rice in the skillet.add the water to it.

mix it well.

cover the lid cook till rice become soft.
mean time roast the sesame seeds cool down it.

grind it into fine powder.now add jagarry to cooked rice

stir well and add sesame powder

cover it with lid cook 5 mins then turn off the flame.

serve hot .

Sakinalu

Sakinalu / chakinalu made during Sankranthi Festival.This is made by only Telangana People.In every home this is the common snack at the Sankrathi festival.
Ingredients:
Rice - 6 cups
Sesame seeds(nuvvulu)-1/2 cup
ajwain (oma)-2 tsp
salt - 3 tsp
oil for deep fry
Method:
Soak the rice in water about 4 to 5 hrs.drain the water completely.dry the rice in a cotton cloth about 2 hrs.
                                       

In a grinder grind the rice into fine powder. In India usually the powder made in a mill.Here(in US) don't have this facility.so I used mixie to make this powder. sift the powder to separate the fine powder.to this add sesame seeds,ajwain,salt.

add few water to make soft dough.The dough like little bit thinner than chapathi dough.take small amount of dough make a round shape on a cloth by rolling the dough with fingers.making of sakinalu is shown in below video. 

 

repeat this process to remaining dough.let them to dry about 1 hr.

heat the oil in a skillet.with a flat shape spoon,Take the sakinalu.drop it into oil

 other wise carefully transfer the sakinalu  onto flat surface use any plate.so u can directly drop 3 or 4 at a time.

 slowly drop them in oil with.deep fry them till they turned into light golden color.

 sakinalu ....are ready to eat.store them in a airtight container,can store up to 1month.

CardBoard Village

I made this card board village from Martha Stewart crafts with some changes...

from the top...

on TV....

   

Award

Kothiyavunu has appreciated me with this kreativ blogger award.I am so happy to receive this award.I am gracefully thanks to Kothiyavunu for the encouragement.
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Heart fully Thanks  to Kothiyavunu for your encouragement.
                                                        

Here 7 things about my self,,
1.I am very friendly and never I am not a selfish girl.
2.I love the people that who love me.
3.I love to cook,crafts,drawing,listening to music.
4.I never explore my sorrows,I never afraid from the problems.life is full of sorrows and happy's.
5.I love the nature.The nature is real beauty in the world created by the god.I love the wonderful creation.
6.I respect the traditions.
7.Always I love my family..
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    Divya
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   once again I would like to thank Kothiyavunu and for all encouragements.