13 January, 2017
Bhogi festival/bhogi habba/Lohri Platter |
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A day before Shankranthi is celebrated as Bhogi habba (bhogi festival) in Karnataka. The significance of this day is of being together with the family by being a part of domestic activities.
This day is celebrated in the honor of Lord Indra …the God of Rain…. for the abundance of harvest. Fresh harvest of Rice, ground nuts, sesame seeds, turmeric, sugarcane, green tamarind, Hyacinth beans, Yellow pumpkin etc are all used on this particular day and on Shankranthi day.
Below is today’s special platter using the above said stuffs. You can check the recipes of that particular dish by clicking on the dish’s name
Bhogi habba platter – 2018, the platter consists of :
- Sesame seeds/til/yellina chutney
- Fresh green chickpeas salad/hasi kadlekalu usli
- Red pumpkin/sihi kumbalakayi palya
- Huggi-gojju
- Tovve
- Broken wheat Payasa
- Til-groundnut holige
- Til/Yellina chitranna/Yellanna
- Yellina akki rotti
- Groundnut-amaranth- green chilli kootu
Bhogi habba Platter – 2017
The platter consists of :
- Green tamarind tokku (chutney)
- Hyacinth beans usli (salad)
- sihi kumbalakayi/red pumpkin palya
- Sesame seeds + Rice flour rotti
- Green leaves & Peanut Kootu (dal)
- Huggi gojju
