Paya (food) the stove. However, it is nowadays mostly cooked in a pressure cooker. Historically, when people used wood or coal as a cooking fuel, Preparation would start this dish at night and slow cook it in the coals until the morning. This dish has a soup-like consistency and is usually eaten as a breakfast food in the winter months with naan. There are many variations of this dish. A popular variation is "siri paya" (سری پایا, सिरी पाया), where "siri" means the head of an animal and "paya" means the feet. It is considered a delicacy. Paya (food) Paya is a
Pongal (dish) this is sweet pongal made specially in earthenware pots with a wood fire. "Chakkara pongal" (literally sweet pongal) is generally prepared in temples as a prasadam, (an offering made to a deity). This type of pongal is also made during Pongal / Sankranti in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, India. Ingredients can include rice, coconut and mung bean. Sakarai pongal is traditionally sweetened with jaggery, which gives the pongal a brown colour, though it can be sweetened with white sugar instead. Venn (Tamil word for white) pongal is a popular savory dish in Sri Lankan and