Chakkara pongal 😋😋

Jyoti Prakash Assudani
Jyoti Prakash Assudani @cook_24726422

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popular sweetened rice based dish from south india which is also hugely popular in srilanka and thailand especially with the tamil community. there are several names across south india and it is also known as huggi in kannada or in karnataka. the dish is specifically made during the pongal festival with moong dal, jaggery and rice with freshly harvested grain...

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Ingredients

25-30 minutes
4 servings
  1. for pressure cooking:
  2. ½ cup rice, soaked 15 minutes
  3. 1/4 cupmoong dal, soaked 15 minutes
  4. 2+ 1/4 cup milk / water
  5. For jaggery water:-
  6. ¾ cup jaggery/gud
  7. ¼ cup water
  8. for frying dry fruits:
  9. 2 tsp ghee
  10. 10 whole cashew nuts
  11. 2-3 tbspraisins
  12. 1/4 cupmilk, to adjust consistency
  13. 2 tbspghee
  14. 1/4 tspcardamom powder

Cooking Instructions

25-30 minutes
  1. 1

    Firstly, in a pressure cooker take ½ cup rice and ¼ cup moong dal (both soaked for 15 minutes)
    add in 2¼ cup milk and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
    make sure the dal and rice is cooked completely.
    further in a pan take ¾ cup jaggery and ¼ cup water.

  2. 2

    Keep stirring till the jaggery melts completely.
    now filter the jaggery water into cooked rice-dal mixture.add ¼ cup water or more adjusting consistency as required.

  3. 3

    Simmer for 2 minutes or till jaggery combines well with rice-dal mixture.
    add in 2 tbsp ghee and give a good glossy.

  4. 4

    Now in a small kadai heat 2 tsp ghee and fry 10 whole cashew nuts raisins and clove.

  5. 5

    Pour the fried cashew and kishmish into sweet Pongal.

  6. 6

    Also add 1/4 tsp cardamom powder and small pieces edible camphor mix well.

  7. 7

    Finally, sweet sakkarai Pongal is Ready to offer to goddess....

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