This tender, aromatic semi-gravy dish is an excellent centrepiece for beef-eating Tamils during Tamil New Year and Ponggal.

Caste-Hindus in Malaysia often denigrate beef-eating, as cows are perceived as sacred in Hinduism. However, this has led to the marginalisation of beef-eating Paraiyars—a group indigenous to Tamil Nadu—in West Malaysia.

Made with fresh rice of the first harvest at the end of the winter solstice, this is offered to gods & goddesses before family & friends.