I have a story about the way in which Makarsankranti is celebrated in the Himalayan region, where I come from. In our Kumaoni Pahadi custom Sankranti is called ‘Ghughutia tyohar’
My mom used to make us kids follow this, even though we lived in Mumbai ! I am fondly remembering this today🙂🙂.
Small fritters of different shapes called ‘Ghuguti’ are made and then threaded together in a string to make a necklace. The centre piece of the necklace was an orange 🍊. We would stand on our balcony and call out to the crows to eat the goodies. We would shout..”Kaley kauwa..aa..aa..aa” . What interesting customs in different parts of our country!!
Ingredients :
1 cup atta ( wheat flour)
1/2 cup rava( semolina)
1 cup jaggery ( quantity can be adjusted according to taste)
1 tablespoon white till( sesamese seeds )
2 tablespoons oil Plus oil for deep frying
1 tablespoon ghee
Method:
Soak the jaggery in hot water for it to dissolve completely.
Knead a dough With all the above ingredients using the water soaked in jaggery , as per desired sweetness.
Shape the dough as shown in picture. Traditionally many shapes are made. They can be shaped like Puri , pan, supari damaru, talwar , flower , flat like shankarpalle too.
Fry in oil. Oil should not be too hot when frying.
By Dr Anita Roy
Simple home cooking 