Thursday, June 27, 2013

Sweet Pongal

Ingredients:

1) Rice (Raw) = 1 Cup.
2) Moong Dal = 2 Tbl Spoons.
3) Water = 2 Cups
4) Milk = 1 Cup.
5) Jaggery = 3/4 Cup.
6) Ghee = 2Tbl Spoons.
7) Raisins = 2Tbl Spoons.
8) Cashewnuts = 2Tbl Spoons.
9) Coconut Pieces = 2Tbl Spoons

Method:

1) Wash the Rice and Moong dal.
2) Cook in Pressure Cooker add water and Milk and get 4 Whistles after the pressure released mash it.
3) Take a pan add 1/2 Cup of water then add jaggery to it  when it start melts filter  it because to remove dirt.
4) Then add jaggery syrup to the cooked Rice and Moong dal and then mix it, cook until it become soft and reduce the flame.
5) Take a small pan add 3 Tbl Spoons of Ghee after heating it firstly fry Coconut pieces and keep them in a bowl /plate then fry Cashewnuts,Raisins.
6) Finally add Elachi Powder and then mix all the fried items on the Rice.
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Tips.
1) Add the Jaggery syrup only after the Rice and Moong Dal  cooked completely.
2) Reduce the flame when adding Jaggery syrup.
3) If you feel the sweet Pongal is thicker add little more warm water /Milk to it.



1 comment:

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