Sweet Pongal

Name: Sweet Pongal
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 3-serving
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 Cup Rice; ½ Cup Green Gram; 1 Cup Milk; 3 Cups Jaggery; 4 Tablespoons Ghee; 2 Tablespoons Cashewnuts; 2 Tablespoons Raisins; 5 Cardamom (powdered); 2 Cloves (powdered); 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon (powdered); 1 Nutmeg (powdered); 2 1/2 Cups Water

Kavita Srinivasan @cook_7797479

Bangalore, India

Special dish which is made during the Tamil festival of pongal. However, it's quite filling and can be enjoyed otherwise too.

Kavita Srinivasan @cook_7797479

Bangalore, India

Special dish which is made during the Tamil festival of pongal. However, it's quite filling and can be enjoyed otherwise too.

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Ingredients

60 mins

3-serving

1 CupRice
½ CupGreen Gram
1 CupMilk
3 CupsJaggery
4 TablespoonsGhee
2 TablespoonsCashewnuts
2 TablespoonsRaisins
5Cardamom (powdered)
2Cloves (powdered)
1/2 TeaspoonCinnamon (powdered)
1Nutmeg (powdered)
2 1/2 CupsWater

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Steps

60 mins

1

Cook rice and green gram in milk and water.
2

In a saucepan, put jaggery and pour the water. Heat it and let the jaggery melt in the water.
3

If there are any impurities, remove them and continue heating the jaggery syrup. Heat it till it's a little sticky.
4

Add the cooked rice and dal to jaggery. Add the powdered cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. Mix all thoroughly.
5

Heat the ghee and fry the cashews and raisins in it. Add it to the pongal.
6

Switch off the heat and serve the sweet pongal hot or cold.