Sakkarai Pongal Recipe | Sweet Pongal Recipe
Rice and moong dal cooked in jaggery with cardamom and edible camphor.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Total Time40 minutes mins
Course: Sweet
Cuisine: South Indian
Calories:
Author: Kalyani
- Raw rice - ½ cup
- Moong dal - 1 to 1.5 tbsp
- Jaggery - ½ cup
- Salt - a pinch
- Water - 2.5 cups
- Cashews - 1 tbsp
- Raisins - 1 tbsp
- Cardamom powder - ¼ tsp
- Edible camphor - a tiny pinch
- Ghee - 4 tsp
Preparation
Measure rice, moong dal and jaggery using a measuring cup and keep it ready. Heat a tadka pan with ghee and add cashews and raisins. Fry the cashews until golden brown and raisins fluff up. Set this aside.
Heat jaggery in a sauce pan with ½ cup of water until it dissolves completely. Strain the jaggery water in another vessel to remove impurities. Keep aside.
Method
Heat a small pressure cooker with a tablespoon of ghee and roast the moong dal for 3 minutes. Then wash the raw rice well and add it to the cooker. Mix well and add required amount of water. Bring it to a boil and pressure cook it for 4 whistles in medium flame.
Once pressure releases, open the cooker and mash it well with a ladde. Once mashed well, add jaggery water to it and mix well. Switch on the stove and place the pressure cooker over it. Cook everything in a medium flame for 5 minutes.
While cooking, add 1 tablespoon of ghee, salt, cardamom powder and edible camphor. Add milk or warm water if the pongal is getting too dry. Once everything comes together and the pongal is slightly thick add fried cashews and raisins. Mix well with the pongal and switch off the flame once done.
Serving: 3g