AADI COCONUT PONGAL

Aadi Festival is a day for frying coconut, a stick is inserted into the hole of coconut and kept on flame for frying. After frying, the people go to the Ganesha temple, do pooja and break the coconut on the head of Ganesha,  come and eat Prasadam together. There is a saying that the coconut braked on the head of the God, is that the bad things upon us will be erased by God. New married couples are invited to this festival, they are gifted with new dhoties and sarees, and authentic food will be supplied to them.

INGREDIENTS:-

1. Tender Coconut       1 whole
2. Flaked rice               1/2 cup
3. Split green gram      1/4 cup
4. Powder jaggery        1/4 cup
5. Roasted gram           1 tbsp
6. Sesame seeds           1 tbsp

FOR SEALING:-

1. Wheat flour              1/2 cup
2. Water                        2 tbsp

METHOD:-

• Pluck the tail of coconut. Open one eye and save the coconut water in a tumbler.
• Keep it upside down over tumbler, so the water will fill neatly.
• Dry fry the green gram, and sesame seeds, cool it.
• Mix all the ingredients, fill into the hole of coconut.
• Just put it by fingers and it will fall inside, Stuff with a chopstick.
• After filling, pour the coconut water inside the hole.
• Half water is enough, mix wheat flour in water and make a sticky paste.
• Close the hole by dough, and seal it for 1" thickness.
• For baking in oven use aluminum foil, wrap neatly.
• Keep in the tray and bake for 1 hour, in 250 degrees.
• Wrap aluminum foil, keep it straight on the stove, and cook on low heat.
• Turn by the skewer and fry on all the sides, Should be careful while turning.
• It takes 1/2 an hour to bake on the stove. Cool it and cut into two.
• Coconut Pongal is ready to eat. Serve with coconut and Pongal.