Sweeeet Pongal

Sweet pongal made without using pressure cooker.

Ingredients

Rice - 1.5 cup
Moong dhal - 1.5 cup
Water - 10 cups
Milk - 1 cup
Powdered jaggery - 2 cup
Ghee - 200 ml
Borneo-camphor (Pacha Karpooram) - pinch
Salt - pinch
Cashew nuts - 3 tea spoon
Almonds - 5 pieces (optional)
Raisins - 3 tea spoon
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tea spoon


1. Wash dhal and rice separately and strain the water.

2. Powder refined jaggery finely. If using unrefined jaggery, clean with water and filter the impurities.

{ Measuring cup is depicted above.... }

3. In a wide bottomed pan, add 2 tea spoon of ghee and fry dhal until good aroma comes out.

4. Remove them and fry rice until crispy by adding with 2 tea spoon of ghee.

5. Add fried dhal to the rice and add 9 cups of water and 3 tsp of ghee.

6. Close with lid and cook until done..Add boiling water in case water content is not suffice.

Note : If narrow bottomed vessel is used, liquid may come out.... If so, keep stirring with a ladle.
           If you are not using non stick pan, continue stirring as it may stick at the bottom.

 


7. Boil 1 cup of milk with 1 cup of water.

8. Once rice and dhal are cooked, add boiled milk to it. Mix and stir well.

9. Add powdered refined jaggery and mix well. The mixture will turn to liquid state.

10. Fry cashew nuts, almonds and raisins in the remaining ghee and add to the pongal.

11. Add cardamom powder and mix well, remove in semi solid state.

12. Yummy sweet pongal is ready to serve..

Quick pongal

If you want to make in pressure cooker, pressure cook fried rice and dhal with 5 tea spoon of ghee (Same water level as indicated in step 5) until 6 whistles. Follow from step 8 on wards..