Sankranti Delicacies

Hey Reader! Welcome back to Akshaya's Blogging World. Wishing you Happy Makar Sankranti. We all know we prepare special snacks to celebrate Sankranti, this post lets you know about little more information about the special delicacies made during Sankranti season.

1. Sakinalu

Sakinalu is a special snack which is prepared in northern part of Telangana state during the season of Sankranti (mainly). Main ingredients used to prepare these are Rice flour, sesame seeds, oil. As we get new crop during Sankranti, we do celebrate the harvest season by preparing special dishes with rice or rice flour. Sakinalu is derived from root word 'Chakinamu' which meant 'Chakramu' which is the shape in which it is prepared. It is one of the Telangana Traditional Festival Cuisines.

2. Chekkalu/Billappalu

Billappalu are traditional snack of Telugu people. They are variation of Tamil Nadu 'Nipattu' and Karnataka 'Thattai'. These are prepared mainly during festivals like Sankranti, Dussehra or any occasion. These are made of rice flour, chana dal, sesame seeds and oil. 

3. Ariselu/ Bellam Appalu

 

Arise is an Indian sweet with origin coming from Telugu states and Odisha. The main ingredients used are Rice flour, jaggery and ghee. Arise is called by different names in other states

Karnataka- Kajjaya

Maharashtra- Anasra

Telangana and Andhra Pradesh- Ariselu/ Bellappaalu

Bihar- Arsa/Anasra

Jharkhand- Arsa/Anasra

Taminadu- Adhirasam

Hoping you got to know little more information about those Sankranti delicacies. Thank you for your time on this post. Next post gonna be special and the last post too. Meet you next Thursday, until then take care and have a good day. Keep Smiling 😁.