Sarkarai pongal or sweet pongal is a traditionally made sweet dish made for pongal which is a harvest festival of South India

Sarkarai pongal

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By shyla golda

Jan, 15th

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Servings
2 persons
Cook Time
20 minutes
Ingredients
0 - 2

Ingredients

  • Jaggery,Moong dal,Raw Rice,cashew,Raisins ,Cardoma
  • Jaggery,Moong dal,Raw Rice,cashew,Raisins ,cardamo

Instructions

  • Pick ½ cup rice and ⅓ cup moong dal first to get rid of stones if any. Then heat a small pan or a small kadai and add both the rice and moong lentils.On a low flame stirring often roast both the rice and moong lentils, until they become aromatic.Then rinse both in water for 2 times. Add it to the cooker and cook well for 3 whistles adding double amount of water to the measured ingredients .In another pan,Take 120 grams jaggery. You should get about ½ cup tightly packed chopped or grated jaggery.Now take ½ cup water in a pan. Add the chopped jaggery.Dissolve it well and filter it and pour on the cooked mixture,add crushed Cardomam,add 5 tsp ghee,Add cardomom & Raisins in ghee,Finally add along with cooked pongal and enjoy

Notes/Tips

Some version of sweet pongal are made with milk. So you can definitely add milk in place of water in this recipe. Milk will make the chakkara pongal slightly richer and creamier