Sarakarai Pongal, a traditional sweet rice made during the festival of Pongal, harvest festival of Tamilnadu.
Course Dessert, Festival
Cuisine Asian, Indian, South-Indian
Keyword How to make pongal, How to make sweet pongal, Pongal festival, Sankaranthi recipe, Sarkarai pongal recipe, Sweet pongal recipe
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 5
Calories
Ingredients
½cupraw rice
¼cupmoong dal
1&½cupmilk
1&½cupwater
½cuppowdered jaggery
4tablespoonghee
Cashews and raisins for garish
Instructions
In a Heavy-bottom Pan, roast rice and dal together. It gives out a nice aroma while roasting.
Once done, add milk and water, and simmer the flame. Let the Rice and dal get cooked well. to a mushy state. If vegan, use plant-based milk or just use water entirely
Melt jaggery in ¼ cup water and strain for impurities. Add the jaggery and mix well.
When the jaggery mixes well with rice and dal, add ghee and mix well. Once the all the liquid is absorbed. Take it off the flame.
In another pan, add some ghee and roast cashews and raisins and add it to the pongal. Serve it warm.
To make it in Pressure Cooker
To make the recipe in the pressure cooker. Just mix rice and dal. Add the required liquid(milk-water mixture) to it and pressure cook for 5-6 whistles.
Let the pressure come down on its own. Melt jaggery in water and strain for impurities. Now take the cooked rice-dal back to stove, add jaggery water to it.
Let the jaggery mix well with the rice-dal mixture. Add ghee to the pongal. Once all the liquid is absorbed, take it off the stove.
In another pan, add some ghee and roast cashews and raisins and add it to the pongal. Serve it warm.