Sweet Pongal Recipe

Sweet Pongal Recipe

Sweet Pongal delicious dish prepared on the occasion of Pongal Festival.

INGREDIENTS:

• Rice - 1 cup
• Moong dal - ¼ cup
• Milk - ½ cup
• Ghee- ½ cup
• Cashew - ¼ cup
• Raisins- ¼ cup
• Cardamoms - 3 to 4
• Jaggery - 1 ½ cup

METHOD:

1.  Dry roast moong dal until it starts to change its color.
2. Add rice to the pot. Wash them.
3. Add 2 cups water, milk, ghee and cook till soft. You can cook in a cooker or pot
4. Roast cashew, raisins and cardamom in ghee to golden.
5. In a separate pan take water and add jaggery to it.
6. Heat till it forms a syrup consistency.
7. Strain it through a strainer to remove impurities.
8. Add the cooked rice & dal mixture to the jaggery syrup.
9. Stir well by adding warm ghee.
10. Add golden roasted cashew, raisins and cardamom
11. Combine by stirring gently. Serve hot