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Punjabi Cuisine always twists my tongue and the notorious secretions shamelessly roll down my mouth and into the floor below! Since today's Lohri, I thought of sharing a very important punjabi dish- PUNJABI KADHI... Few days ago, I had posted about gujarati kadhi and the one's analogously existing in Southern India. But this one's a winner all the way! Happy Lohri and I thank http://funnfud.blogspot.com/ for sharing this wonderful recipe Ingredients For Pakora : 1 cup Besan (gram flour) Pinch of cumin seeds 2 tspn onions - chopped finely 1 green chillies - chopped 1/2th tspn grated ginger pinch of turmeric powder 1/4th tspn garam masala red chillie powder (to taste) 1/2 tspn ajwain (optional) water (to make a smooth batter) Salt to taste Oil for frying For Kadhi: 2 spoons Vegetable Oil 1 cup besan 1 huge onion - sliced in long pieces 1 tomato - chopped 1 tspn ginger paste 2-3 tspn minced garlic 4-5 Dry Red chillies 7-8 Curry leaves 2 tspn

Lohri coincidentally falls on the same day as that of Pongal in Tamil Nadu and a day before Makara Villakku in Kerala. What is more surprising is that all these festivals have a common path of social enticement. Today's Lohri and this is what the fiirst result on google had to show - Reflections from http://www.lohrifestival.org Lohri, is celebrated every year on 13th of January. It is a festival to worship fire. Lohri Festival is celebrated with great pomp in North India. At this time Earth starts moving towards the sun marking the auspicious period of Uttarayan. First Lohri is very important for the newly wed and the new born babies as it marks fertility. At night, people gather around the bonfire and throw til, puffed rice & popcorns into the flames of the bonfire. Prayers are offered to the bonfire seeking abundance & prosperity. People make merry by dancing & singing traditional folk songs. Though Lohri f