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SWEET PONGAL RECIPE | SAKKARAI PONGAL | CHAKKARAI PONGAL RECIPE

Learn how to make sweet pongal at home

Sweet pongal, also known as sakkarai pongal or chakkara pongal, is often made as a prasadam for various festivals in South India. It is a sweet dish that is traditionally prepared in south india for the makar sankranti.  You can easily make this mouth-watering dessert recipe at home with simple ingredients.

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Recipe for Sweet Pongal

Course       : Dessert
Cuisine      : SouthIndia
Author       : Startup Cooking
PrepTime   : 15 min
Cook Time : 20 min
Total Time : 35 min

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup raw rice

• 1/4 cup moong dal

• 1 cup jaggery

• pinch of salt

• 2 tbsp cashew nuts

• 2 tbsp raisin

• 1/4 tsp cardamom powder

• 1/4 - 1/2 cup ghee

PROCEDURE

• heat a pan and add rice

• dry roast until it is hot to touch

• remove the rice from the pan and transfer it into pot

• now add moong dal and dry roast until it is hot to touch

• remove the dal from the pan and transfer it into rice pot

• wash 3 times in cold running water and drain the water

• add 3 cups of water and salt

• pressure cook rice and dal together  for 5 whistles

• once the pressure releases naturally, open the cooker

• mash the dal and rice together with potato masher and keep it aside

• heat 1/4 cup of water in a pan

• add jaggery 

• when it dissolves, filter it to remove impurities.

• boil jaggery water with a tsp of ghee on medium heat.

• add mashed rice and dal 

• combine altogether

• cook for few minutes until everything gets blended well

• add a tbsp of ghee

• add cardamom powder

• fry cashew nuts in a tsp of ghee

• fry raisins in a tsp of ghee until they puff up

• add it to the rice dal mixture along with ghee

• add the remaining ghee

• cook for few minutes on low heat until everything gets blended well.

• serve hot

• enjoy delicious sweet pongal !!