Puttari Rice

Harvest festival sweetened new rice — freshly harvested Jeerige or Basmati-style aromatic rice cooked during the Puttari (harvest festival) of Kodagu with coconut milk, jaggery, and the first pressing of Coorgi honey. The new rice, just brought in from the fields, is considered sacred and auspicious. Eaten by families gathered at the ancestral ain mane (family home) to celebrate the harvest.