About
Sweet pongal is made with cooked rice and yellow moong lentils to which jaggery is added. Jaggery is Indian unrefined cane sugar and has a molasses-like flavor and taste
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Steps
- Firstly, in a pressure cooker take ½ cup rice and ¼ cup moong dal (both soaked for 15 minutes)
- Add in 2¼ cup water and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
- Make sure the dal and rice is cooked completely.
- Further in a pan take ¾ cup jaggery and ¼ cup water.
- Keep stirring till the jaggery melts completely.
- Now filter the jaggery water into cooked rice-dal mixture. add ¼ cup water or more adjusting consistency as required.
- Simmer for 2 minutes or till jaggery combines well with rice-dal mixture. add in 2 tbsp ghee and give a good mix till the sakkarai pongal turns glossy.
- Now in a small kadai heat 2 tsp ghee and fry 10 whole cashew, 2 tbsp raisins and 1 clove. pour the fried cashews and kishmish into sweet pongal.
- Also add ¼ tsp cardamom powder and small piece edible camphor. mix well.
- Finally, sweet pongal / sakkarai pongal is ready to offer to goddess.
