http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:06:54 -0800 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:06:54 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3247/buddyicons/8362348@N05.jpg?1235162683#8362348@N05 http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769421135/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769421135/" title="Big Pot"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6769421135_2b29963e67_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Big Pot" /></a></p> <p>Nearly 800 people make pongal around the Kannathal temple in Nattarasankottai. They draw numbers ahead of time. Whoever draws no.1 (a great honor), goes first, and makes their pongal in this large pot. This then sets off the rest of the celebrations.</p> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:06:54 -0800 2012-01-27T01:06:54-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6769421135 Big Pot <p>Nearly 800 people make pongal around the Kannathal temple in Nattarasankottai. They draw numbers ahead of time. Whoever draws no.1 (a great honor), goes first, and makes their pongal in this large pot. This then sets off the rest of the celebrations.</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly tamilnadu pongal chettinad nattarasankottai sevvaipongal tamilnadufestivals communitypongal nagaratharpongal tuesdaypongal http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769420575/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769420575/" title="Enduring a little smoke"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6769420575_ea1116f2aa_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Enduring a little smoke" /></a></p> <p>At one point it got very smokey, and I had to wait for a breeze to come through and blow away some of the smoke, so I could shoot.</p> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:06:42 -0800 2012-01-27T01:06:42-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6769420575 Enduring a little smoke <p>At one point it got very smokey, and I had to wait for a breeze to come through and blow away some of the smoke, so I could shoot.</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly tamilnadu pongal chettinad nattarasankottai sevvaipongal tamilnadufestivals communitypongal nagaratharpongal tuesdaypongal http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769419933/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769419933/" title="Boys feeding fish"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7157/6769419933_2a62a2a4f2_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Boys feeding fish" /></a></p> <p>While their mothers and grand mothers made pongal and prayed, the boys fed puffed rice to the fish in the temple's tank.</p> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:06:29 -0800 2012-01-27T01:06:29-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6769419933 Boys feeding fish <p>While their mothers and grand mothers made pongal and prayed, the boys fed puffed rice to the fish in the temple's tank.</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly tamilnadu pongal chettinad nattarasankottai sevvaipongal tamilnadufestivals communitypongal nagaratharpongal tuesdaypongal http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769419191/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769419191/" title="&quot;I have to take this&quot;!"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6769419191_37c54d822e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="&quot;I have to take this&quot;!" /></a></p> <p>No festival is more important than a phone call! The lady in the right expertly tended to her wood fire and stirred her pongal all while on her cell phone.</p> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:06:13 -0800 2012-01-27T01:06:13-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6769419191 "I have to take this"! <p>No festival is more important than a phone call! The lady in the right expertly tended to her wood fire and stirred her pongal all while on her cell phone.</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly tamilnadu pongal chettinad nattarasankottai sevvaipongal tamilnadufestivals communitypongal nagaratharpongal tuesdaypongal http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769418575/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769418575/" title="Rice"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6769418575_a1e782d37e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Rice" /></a></p> <p>When water and milk come to a boil, the women add rice to it. The woven container used for rice is called a kottan.</p> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:05:57 -0800 2012-01-27T01:05:57-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6769418575 Rice <p>When water and milk come to a boil, the women add rice to it. The woven container used for rice is called a kottan.</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly tamilnadu pongal chettinad nattarasankottai sevvaipongal tamilnadufestivals communitypongal nagaratharpongal tuesdaypongal http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769417913/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769417913/" title="Pongal Prayers"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6769417913_d3318ebdd6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Pongal Prayers" /></a></p> <p>She prays as her pongal boils over - a symbol of abundance.</p> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:05:44 -0800 2012-01-27T01:05:44-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6769417913 Pongal Prayers <p>She prays as her pongal boils over - a symbol of abundance.</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly tamilnadu pongal chettinad nattarasankottai sevvaipongal tamilnadufestivals communitypongal nagaratharpongal tuesdaypongal http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769417215/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769417215/" title="Socializing at the Temple"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7031/6769417215_643f68edd8_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Socializing at the Temple" /></a></p> <p>Functions like these are where long lost friends meet, men and woman exchange gossip, and families arrange marriages for their children.</p> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:05:31 -0800 2012-01-27T01:05:31-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6769417215 Socializing at the Temple <p>Functions like these are where long lost friends meet, men and woman exchange gossip, and families arrange marriages for their children.</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly tamilnadu pongal chettinad nattarasankottai sevvaipongal tamilnadufestivals communitypongal nagaratharpongal tuesdaypongal http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769416621/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769416621/" title="Delegated to blowing coals"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6769416621_b59655135e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Delegated to blowing coals" /></a></p> <p>The mother in law was making the pongal. When it came time to kneel down and blow the smokey coals so they will keep lit, she delegated her daughter in law for the job.</p> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:05:19 -0800 2012-01-27T01:05:19-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6769416621 Delegated to blowing coals <p>The mother in law was making the pongal. When it came time to kneel down and blow the smokey coals so they will keep lit, she delegated her daughter in law for the job.</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly tamilnadu pongal chettinad nattarasankottai sevvaipongal tamilnadufestivals communitypongal nagaratharpongal tuesdaypongal http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769416023/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769416023/" title="kannathal temple, Nattarasankottai"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6769416023_ea8956c439_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="kannathal temple, Nattarasankottai" /></a></p> <p>Crowds gather for Sevvai Pongal.<br /> <br /> I tried climbing up a water tank to get a better pespective, but I just couldnt hang on and take a photo! So ground level perspetive is all I got.<br /> <br /> I'm not sure if I like the two stone poles in the foreground.</p> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:05:06 -0800 2012-01-27T01:05:06-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6769416023 kannathal temple, Nattarasankottai <p>Crowds gather for Sevvai Pongal.<br /> <br /> I tried climbing up a water tank to get a better pespective, but I just couldnt hang on and take a photo! So ground level perspetive is all I got.<br /> <br /> I'm not sure if I like the two stone poles in the foreground.</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly tamilnadu pongal chettinad nattarasankottai sevvaipongal tamilnadufestivals communitypongal nagaratharpongal tuesdaypongal http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769415225/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/6769415225/" title="Ssevvai Pongal Lots"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6769415225_39b4bb5fc5_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Ssevvai Pongal Lots" /></a></p> <p>People pick lots, and make their pongal in the assigned, numbered space.</p> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:04:52 -0800 2012-01-27T01:04:52-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6769415225 Ssevvai Pongal Lots <p>People pick lots, and make their pongal in the assigned, numbered space.</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly tamilnadu pongal chettinad nattarasankottai sevvaipongal tamilnadufestivals communitypongal nagaratharpongal tuesdaypongal http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4700973149/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4700973149/" title="swiss-chard.jpg"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4070/4700973149_297772f852_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="swiss-chard.jpg" /></a></p> <p>swiss chard bunch</p> Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:03:02 -0700 2010-06-14T19:03:18-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4700973149 swiss-chard.jpg <p>swiss chard bunch</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4701604140/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4701604140/" title="chickpea-flour-crepes-or-besan-chilla-cheela-with-swiss-chard"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4019/4701604140_64ed145df3_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="chickpea-flour-crepes-or-besan-chilla-cheela-with-swiss-chard" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.veggiebelly.com" rel="nofollow">www.veggiebelly.com</a></p> Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:02:17 -0700 2010-06-14T19:02:33-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4701604140 chickpea-flour-crepes-or-besan-chilla-cheela-with-swiss-chard <p><a href="http://www.veggiebelly.com" rel="nofollow">www.veggiebelly.com</a></p> Sala @ Veggie Belly http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4700970075/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4700970075/" title="chickpea-garbanzo-flour-and-swiss-chard-crepes-or-besan-chilla-or-cheela.jpg"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4027/4700970075_b5a24c5290_m.jpg" width="165" height="240" alt="chickpea-garbanzo-flour-and-swiss-chard-crepes-or-besan-chilla-or-cheela.jpg" /></a></p> <p>chickpea flour and swiss chard crepes.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.veggiebelly.com" rel="nofollow">www.veggiebelly.com</a></p> Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:01:47 -0700 2010-06-14T19:02:04-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4700970075 chickpea-garbanzo-flour-and-swiss-chard-crepes-or-besan-chilla-or-cheela.jpg <p>chickpea flour and swiss chard crepes.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.veggiebelly.com" rel="nofollow">www.veggiebelly.com</a></p> Sala @ Veggie Belly vegan indian vegetarian crepes swisschard chickpeaflour http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4690928459/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4690928459/" title="moong-wadi-or-mangodi-or-dried-lentil-drops.jpg"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4018/4690928459_d6c9fe381e_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="moong-wadi-or-mangodi-or-dried-lentil-drops.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Indian dried lentil dumplings are used in curry<br /> recipe on <a href="http://www.veggiebelly.com" rel="nofollow">www.veggiebelly.com</a></p> Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:06:39 -0700 2010-06-11T15:06:50-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4690928459 moong-wadi-or-mangodi-or-dried-lentil-drops.jpg <p>Indian dried lentil dumplings are used in curry<br /> recipe on <a href="http://www.veggiebelly.com" rel="nofollow">www.veggiebelly.com</a></p> Sala @ Veggie Belly indian curry lentil vadi moonwadi mangodi http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4637337386/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4637337386/" title="fiddlehead-morel-mushroom-pasta2.jpg"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4064/4637337386_ccea73bfec_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="fiddlehead-morel-mushroom-pasta2.jpg" /></a></p> Mon, 24 May 2010 16:20:04 -0700 2010-05-24T19:20:19-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4637337386 fiddlehead-morel-mushroom-pasta2.jpg Sala @ Veggie Belly fern mushroom pasta vegetarian fiddlehead morel ostrichfern http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4636788816/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4636788816/" title="fiddlehead fern"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4016/4636788816_95b2120d73_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" alt="fiddlehead fern" /></a></p> Mon, 24 May 2010 13:06:57 -0700 2010-05-24T16:06:57-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4636788816 fiddlehead fern Sala @ Veggie Belly fern fiddlehead http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4629710005/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4629710005/" title="asparagus-bunch-and-salvia.jpg"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3354/4629710005_d7660e071c_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="asparagus-bunch-and-salvia.jpg" /></a></p> <p>asparagus and salvia</p> Sat, 22 May 2010 14:27:45 -0700 2010-05-22T17:27:56-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4629710005 asparagus-bunch-and-salvia.jpg <p>asparagus and salvia</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly asparagus salvia http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4630310774/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4630310774/" title="basil-and-squeezing-lemon.jpg"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4014/4630310774_21723c291c_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="basil-and-squeezing-lemon.jpg" /></a></p> <p>basil, lemon, squeeze</p> Sat, 22 May 2010 14:27:14 -0700 2010-05-22T17:27:26-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4630310774 basil-and-squeezing-lemon.jpg <p>basil, lemon, squeeze</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4629707813/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4629707813/" title="cannellini-beans-spring-asparagus-basil-hummus-dip-spread.jpg"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4067/4629707813_b1ef818fc9_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="cannellini-beans-spring-asparagus-basil-hummus-dip-spread.jpg" /></a></p> Sat, 22 May 2010 14:26:46 -0700 2010-05-22T17:26:57-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4629707813 cannellini-beans-spring-asparagus-basil-hummus-dip-spread.jpg Sala @ Veggie Belly spread vegan vegetarian dip hummus http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4610154028/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/salanator/">Sala @ Veggie Belly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salanator/4610154028/" title="peppercorns on tamil newspaper"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4032/4610154028_83fd5f88b0_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="peppercorns on tamil newspaper" /></a></p> <p>freshly harvested and dried peppercorns</p> Sat, 15 May 2010 15:20:06 -0700 2010-05-15T18:20:25-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Sala @ Veggie Belly) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4610154028 peppercorns on tamil newspaper <p>freshly harvested and dried peppercorns</p> Sala @ Veggie Belly india peppercorn