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- Sweet Pongal is a traditional sweet dish made with rice, moong dal, jaggery, ghee, nuts & raisins.
- SWEET PONGAL INGREDIENTS
- RAW RICE / PACHARISI
- Raw rice is added for the best texture and taste. It has more starch content which is best for making sweet Pongal.
- YELLOW MOONG DAL / PASI PARUPPU
- Moong dal is roasted and added to the Pongal for a better taste.
- MILK
- In many Pongal recipes milk is not added. But adding a little milk makes it more creamy and tasty.
- JAGGERY / SARKARAI / VELLAM
- You can add more jaggery as per your sweetness level. If you are assured of your jaggery quality. You can add it directly.
- CARDAMOM / YELAKAI
- Cardamom is completely for flavour.
- Ghee
- Use pure ghee for taste
- SWEET PONGAL PREPARATION
- Take 1 tsp of ghee and roast moong dal till nice aroma comes. Remove on to a bowl. Add rice to that and soak this both for around 15 mins.
- Now drain it and put this in a pressure cooker along with milk and let it come to a boil. Now cover with a lid. Cook for 3 whistles or for 15-20 mins on low flame. Let the pressure go by itself. Remove it and mush it up with a spoon.
- Meanwhile, add 1 cup of water to the jaggery and mix well, so that it gets dissolved. Pour this jaggery water over the cooked rice and dal through a sieve and mix well.
- Take a kadai and add ghee to it. Add cashews, kishmish and cardamom in it and mix well. Fry till cashews turn light golden.
- Now add the rice mixture in this and mix well. Stir for 5 mins on a low flame so that all flavours gets united. You could add some grated coconut at this point and mix well.
- Remove it and serve.
