Sweet Pongal
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Sweet Pongal Recipe | Sakkarai Pongal | Chakkara Pongal Recipe

Sweet Pongal is a dessert prepared during Pongal Festival in India. This dessert is prepared with Rice, Jaggery and Ghee.
Cook Time20 mins
Total Time20 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 5
Author: Subbu A

Ingredients

  • 100 gms Raw Rice washed
  • 2 tsp Ghee
  • A handful of Cashews and Raisins
  • 200 gms Jaggery
  • Water little to melt jaggery
  • 3-5 tsp Additional Ghee

Instructions

  • Wash 100 gms of Raw Rice and take it in a pressure cooker
  • Add enough water in the pressure cooker to slightly overcook the rice. 
  • Pressure cook the raw rice
  • Take a pan and Heat it. Add 2 tsp Ghee in the pan
  • When the Ghee is warm, add a handful of Cashews and Raisins
  • Fry the dry fruits in Ghee for few mins till the Raisins bulge in size. Switch off the flame and keep the dry fruits aside
  • In a bowl, take some water and add 200 gms of Jaggery in it
  • Keep the bowl on the flame and melt Jaggery in low flame
  • Jaggery should melt completely. Then switch off the flame
  • After the rice is cooked, add the melted Jaggery in it. You need to filter the Jaggery water for any dust particles
  • Add 1/4 tsp Cardamon Powder to the cooked rice
  • Switch on the flame and cook the rice, stirring all the while
  • After a min, add the dry fruits along with its ghee to the rice
  • Add more Ghee - approx. 4 or 5 tsp Ghee
  • Keep Stirring till the Ghee floats on the top. When the Ghee floats on top, Sweet Pongal is ready

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