"Sweet Pongal"

"Sweet Pongal"

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About this food!

"Sakkarai(Vellam/Jaggery) Pongal" is a simple to make and very special traditional sweet rice dish variety made in special occasions in South India like Pongal  festival or any traditional festivals using jaggery as main sweet ingredient some use white sugar also that's another type, this dish was made for this "Tamil New Year" recently by my mom, she is good at this dish especially I love it the way she does it.Its taste and consistency will be awesome and flavor really stays in your taste buds even after you finish your eat. 

"Sakkarai(Vellam) Pongal"

Recipe

Ingredients

1. Pachai arisi (raw rice) - 1 cup

2. Jaggery powdered - 2 cups

3. Pasiparuppu(split moong dal) - 1/4 cup

4. Cardamom - 4 nos

5. Cooking oil - 100 ml

6. Ghee - to your requirement

7. Cashew nuts - to your requirements

8. Raisins - to your requirements

Method

1. Dry roast pasiparuppu first in a frying pan till you get an aroma (don't roast till dark brown ).

2. Now in a pressure cooker add rice , roasted pasiparuppu and 4 cups of water and pressure cook for 5 whistles so that the rice and dal gets nicely cooked.

3. Now after the whistle settles down open the cooker and add cooking oil then add powdered jaggery , powdered cardamom and nicely stir till the jaggery gets well mixed with the rice.

4. In a frying pan add 1 tblsp of ghee and roast the cashew nuts and raisins and add them to the rice in cooker and finally pour some melted ghee over the rice to give an aromatic finish and serve hot.
 

Try it and you will love it!

Happy Foodie!!!