Winter, January
VegSankranti special thali
Bisi Bisi serves the Sankranti special thali at both Hyderabad outlets - HITEC City and Jubilee Hills. Available Winter, January. 4.4★ on Google with 10,000+ reviews. Reservation needed - call +91 90329 84111.
Pongal and Sankranti is the harvest festival across Telugu households. The three days run as Bhogi (the bonfire eve), Sankranti (the harvest day proper, when the sun moves to Capricorn), and Kanuma (cattle-thanking day). Our thali tracks this sequence, with the canonical sweet-rice and savoury-rice forms of pongal at the centre.
Reservation is mandatory. Call +91 90329 84111 to book a table.
What's on the plate
The standard items we serve on this thali. Specific dishes can vary by the day within the festival window.
- ·Sweet pongal (jaggery rice with ghee, cashew, raisin)
- ·Ven pongal (savoury rice and moong dal with pepper, ginger, ghee)
- ·Sakkara pongal (the offering form with extra ghee)
- ·Ariselu (jaggery-rice flour fried sweet, the canonical Sankranti sweet)
- ·Pulihora
- ·Pappu, vepudu, sambar, rasam, perugu
- ·Papad, chutney, achaar
How we plan sankranti special thali
Operational notes so the day runs smoothly. Tell us your direction in the reservation call.
- 1
Available across the three-day window: Bhogi day, Sankranti day, Kanuma day. Best plates run on Sankranti day itself.
- 2
Sankranti day fills up at lunch. Reservation is mandatory for groups of three or more.
- 3
We light the kitchen for sweet pongal first thing each day. Thalis served from lunch onwards.
Sankranti special thali FAQ
When is the Sankranti special thali available?+
Winter, January
Do I need to reserve?+
Yes - we need a reservation for the Sankranti special thali. Call +91 90329 84111 to book a table at HITEC City or Jubilee Hills.
What's on the plate?+
Sweet pongal (jaggery rice with ghee, cashew, raisin), Ven pongal (savoury rice and moong dal with pepper, ginger, ghee), Sakkara pongal (the offering form with extra ghee), Ariselu (jaggery-rice flour fried sweet, the canonical Sankranti sweet), Pulihora, Pappu, vepudu, sambar, rasam, perugu, Papad, chutney, achaar
Related special-occasion thalis
Other festival thalis that anchor a Telugu household calendar.
Spring, Chaitra Shukla Padyami (March to April)
Ugadi special thali
See thali →
Spring, Chaitra Shukla Navami (nine days after Ugadi)
Sri Rama Navami special thali
See thali →
May for Mango Festival, peak mango season
Mango Festival thali
See thali →
Monsoon, Shravana (July to August)
Shravan Masam special thali
See thali →
Reserve your sankranti special thali
Reservation is mandatory. Call us to lock a table on the festival day.