pongal

pongal |ˈpɒŋg (ə )l | ▶noun the Tamil New Year festival, celebrated by the cooking of new rice. • [ mass noun ] a southern Indian dish of rice cooked with various herbs and spices. ORIGIN from Tamil poṅkal, literally ‘boiling, swelling ’ (with reference to the cooking process of rice ).

pongal

pongal |ˈpɒŋg (ə )l | ▶noun the Tamil New Year festival, celebrated by the cooking of new rice. • [ mass noun ] a southern Indian dish of rice cooked with various herbs and spices. ORIGIN from Tamil poṅkal, literally ‘boiling, swelling ’ (with reference to the cooking process of rice ).