This is a southern Indian delicacy prepared during the festival of makar sankranti to mark the celebrate the harvest season. The primary ingredients are moong daal, rice and jaggery. Its delicious and having luscious texture.

Sweet Pongal

By Bijal Thaker

Jan, 16th

790

Servings

4 persons

Cook Time

20 minutes

Ingredients

6 - 8

Ingredients

Rice 1 cup
Jaggery (powdered) 1 cup
Moong dal 1/2 cup
Ghee 1/4 cup
Cashew nuts 6-8
Raisins 6-8
Cardemom powder 1 tsp
Nutmeg powder 1/8 tsp

Instructions

Wash thoroughly and soak dal and rice in water for 20 minutes.
Pressure cook it upto 2 whistles or it till it turns mooshy.
In a pan heat ghee and fry cashew nuts and raisins and keep aside
In remaining ghee, add cooked dal and rice.
Add 1 cup of water in jaggery and prepare jaggery water by dissolving it completely. Add this water into Pongal.
Let it simmer for 3-4 minutes.
Add cardemom powder and nutmeg powder and mix well.
Lastly top it with 1 tsp ghee and fried cashew nuts and raisins.

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