| The Lohri festival
is one of the greatest festivals of Punjab and Haryana. It is celebrated on the 13th of
January during the month of Paush or Magh, a day before Makar Sankranti.
Lohri is a festival connected with the solar year.This festival marks the departure of the winter season. Earlier it was celebrated mainly in Punjab but now across the country people celebrated this as a harvest festival like Pongal- in Tamil Nadu,Bihu in Assam,Bhogi in Andhra pradesh and the Sankranti in Karnataka,Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
After the completion of cutting and gathering of the grains and other food crops everyone is free from the works where they used to toil days and night and it is liked taking relax by enjoying with their traditional folk songs and dances. |
| Lohri Recipe: Til Gajak |
Ingredients: |
1 cup sesame |
Method: |
| 1. Heat sesame on low fire, stirring
continuously so that they do not splutter and fall out of the pan. When cooled, pound
them. 2. Heat jaggery in 1/2 cup water till the syrup is thick. Test its consistency by putting a drop in cold water -it should remain firm. Add roasted sesame. 3. Grease a board and spread the sesame-jaggery mixture. Roll flat to 1 cm thickness. 4. Cut into squares when sufficiently cool and hardened. 5. Store in a container lined with butter paper. |
It is regarded most important specially by the
people of Punjab not only as a festival but also as an example to show their styles and
colors of life.The festival is celebrated as a merry-making after the completion of the
harvest.