Pongal is a festival celebrated in South India as a festival of harvest. In North India, it is celebrated as Makar Sankranti.It can be made either sweet or savory.Sweet Pongal is a kind of Jaggery rice, usually eaten during festivals. My MIL makes sweet pongal, ven pongal and medu vada.It’s the traditional sweet pongal recipe. So here I am with the recipe which I made today. This is one of my favorite one. Learn how to make/prepare Sweet Pongal by following this easy recipe hope you love it...
Ingredients | Quantity |
Raw rice | 1 cup |
Moong dal | ¼ cup |
Jaggery | 1 ¼ cup+1/2 cup water |
Milk | 1 cup |
Water | 4 cups |
Cardamom powder | ¼ tsp |
Cashews | 15 nos |
Raisins | 2 tbsp. |
Cloves | 2 no’s |
Ghee | ½ cup |
Method
1. Take 1 tsp of ghee and roast moong dal till nice aroma comes. Remove on to a bowl.Wash roasted dal along with rice.
2. Put this in a pressure cooker along with milk and water. Now cover with a lid. Cook for 3 whistles or for 15-20 mins on low flame.Completely dissolve jaggery in half cup of water in a shallow pan.Filter the jaggery to avoid any impurities.Pour this jaggery water over the cooked rice and dal and mix well.
Notes
Grated coconut can also be added at the last for a rich taste.
Drizzle some pure ghee over the finished pongal for more taste and flavor.
yummy pongal
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