Lohri Punjabi Dishes: The festival of Lohri, which falls in the first month of the year, will be celebrated on 13 January. Lohri is also known as the festival of new crops. People celebrate this festival with great pomp in Punjab, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir. Different types of dishes are made on this occasion. Every festival in India has its traditional dishes, like Gujiya in Holi and Sivaiya in Eid made and eaten. Similarly, some traditional dishes are also prepared on Lohri. Through this article, today we will tell you about some traditional dishes made on Lohri. Let's know about these traditional dishes.
Jaggery pudding
Jaggery dishes are eaten on the occasion of Lohri and Makar Sankranti. Therefore, if you want to prepare sweets on Lohri, then use jaggery instead of sugar. Delicious kheer made of jaggery and butter will taste very tasty on this occasion.
Sesame Tikki
Sesame is beneficial for health and ticket is consumed on Makar Sankranti and Lohri. There is a tradition of eating sesame laddoos at this festival. If you want to make some salty snacks of sesame, then you can easily prepare sesame tikki at home. The taste of hot sesame tikki will increase with green chutney.
Chikki
Jaggery and peanut chikki can also be easily prepared at home. It doesn't take much time and ingredients to make groundnut chikki. It can be prepared with just peanuts, jaggery and ghee and can be stored and eaten for a long time.
A dish in South Asian cuisine made of rice and lentils
The festival of Lohri is associated with the harvesting and sowing of new crops. That's why there is a tradition of eating rice porridge at this festival. Moong dal, chana dal or urad dal khichdi is made on Lohri, Makar Sankranti and Pongal.
