Sweet / Sakkara Pongal

It is a popular dish and famous in South India. Jaggery is the main ingredients for this dish and which has rich in Iron. Comparatively with sugar, jaggery is a healthy ingredient and which is really good for us.

 It’s mainly prepared during Pongal festivals. We love this dish and having this with melted ghee and cashews you may feel the nice aroma and very good taste…

Ingredients

Rice – 1 cup

Moong Dal – ½ cup

Jaggery – 2 cup

Pepper – a pinch

Grated Coconut – 5 tsp

Milk – 2 cups

Ghee – ½ cup

Saffron – a pinch

Water – 5 cups

Cashew Nuts – 5 tsp

Raisins – 3 tsp

Cardamom Powder – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Method

Wash and soak the rice with milk for about 30 minutes.

Then take it out and boil rice with salt and moong dal in pressure cook with 5 cups of water. Cook the rice till it cooks well.

Then add milk and cook till rice is mushy and becomes soft.

Add little water with jaggery and heat on a low flame for till it dissolved in water completely.

Then add jaggery mix into rice and mix well with spoon.

Now add pepper powder, saffron, cardamom powder and grated coconuts then mix well.

In a pan, heat ghee. Add cashew nuts, raisin and fry for few seconds.

Then transfer these nuts into rice and mix well. Finally switch off the flame.

Ready to serve this dish!!!