Monday, January 14, 2013

Sakkarai Pongal(sweet Pongal)

1.Raw rice                              1/2 cup
2.Moong dal/ pasi paruppu      2-3 tblsp
3.Jaggery                                 1/2 cup heaped
4.Water                                    2 & 1/2 cups
5.Ghee                                     3 tblsp
6.Salt                                        according to the taste
7.Cashews                                5-6
8.Raisin                                     1-2 tblsp
9.Elachi                                     1
10.Cloves                                  1
11.milk                                       1/4 cup
12.Edible camphor                     A tiny pinch

Method:
1. In a pan, add 1/4 tsp ghee and roast the moong dal.
2. Add water, washed rice,roasted moong dhal and salt altogether.
3. Pressure cook for 4 whistles.
4. Mash it once done.
5. Powder jaggery and heat it with water just to immerse it and bring to boil.
6. Let the jaggery completely dissolve and  filter it so that the impurities in jaggery will be out.
7. Then add the jaggery to the  mashed rice in the cooker.
8. In a separate pan, heat a tsp of ghee and roast cashews to golden
9. Once it roasted transfer it and keep aside.Take out elaichi and powder it,add the
   powdered elaichi,edible camphor to the pongal.
10.Mix all well and cook for five minutes in medium flame.Atlast add 1/4cup of milk and stir it well
11.Add little ghee to give tasty.Atlast add cashews.





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