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Sweet Pongal

Sweet Pongal recipe

let us learn some famous dish of tamil nadu.Actually,pongal is a festival celebrated by tamilians during january month .During this festival ,they prepare these simple sweet dish

Recipe Category: Dessert

Ingredients

Raw Rice - 1/2 cup

Moong dal/spilt green gram- 1/4 cup

Jaggery - 1 cup grated

Cashew nuts -2 tbsp

Raisins -2-3 tbsp

Cardamom - 4 pods or 1/4 tsp powder

Ghee/clarified butter -1/4 cup

Ghee -1/2 tsp (for jaggery syrup)

Method

Dry roast rice and dal separately until it is hot to touch. It is not necessary to fry until it changes color.

Pressure cook rice and dal together with 2 1/2 cups of water.
Mash it well and keep it aside. (I have used old rice. For new rice, add only 2 cups of water.)

If using cardamom pods, peel and powder cardamom. Keep it aside.

Heat 1/4 cup of water in a pan and add jaggery to it.

When it dissolves, filter it to remove impurities. Boil jaggery water with a tsp of ghee on medium heat.

Take a cup of water, add a tsp of jaggery syrup to it, if it does not dissolve, then it is the right stage to add mashed rice and dal. (I make it very clear - you do not have to boil the jaggery water until it reaches sticky consistency or string consistency)

Add mashed rice, dal mixture and cook for a few minutes until everything gets blended well . Add cardamom powder at this stage.

Fry cashew nuts in a tsp of ghee. Remove from pan and add to the rice dal mixture.

Add the rest of the ghee and fry raisins until they puff up and add it to the rice dal mixture along with ghee.

Cook for a few minutes on low heat until everything gets blended well. Serve hot.

Enjoy delicious Sweet pongal!! (You can never go wrong with this recipe).
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