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Iyengar Sakkarai Pongal

Preeti Garg
Sweet pongal or sakkarai pongal recipe is a sweet recipe which made during the pongal festival. The rice is boiled with milk, jaggery and nuts in earthenware pots or bronze pots is called Sakkarai Pongal.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Rice
Cuisine South Indian
Servings 4 People

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Rice
  • 1/4 Cup Yellow Moong Dal
  • 2 Cups Boiled Milk
  • 2 Cups Water
  • 1 1/2 Cup Organic Jaggery Crushed
  • 1/4 Cup Desi Ghee
  • 1/2 Tsp. Cardamom Powder
  • Few Cashewnuts and Raisins

Instructions
 

  • Dry roast the dal and rice in pan separately and wash them.
  • Heat the ghee in pressure cooker.
  • Add washed dal and rice and roast two minutes again.
  • Add water, milk and pinch of salt.
  • Cover the lid and cook in cooker till to cook or 2-3 whistles.
  • Now boil the jaggery in 1 cup water till to melt in separate pan.
  • Strain the syrup to remove impurities.
  • Add this jaggery syrup with extra spoon of ghee, cardamom powder and mix well. Cook till to thin consistency.
  • Add fried cashew nuts and raisins for garnishing.
  • Serve hot with extra spoon of ghee.