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Sakkarai Pongal Recipe

Sakkarai Pongal is made traditionally on Pongal festival or Mahar Sankaranthi with the first harvested rice of the year and offered as a thanks giving dish to Sun God before consuming.  Sweet Pongal is delicious, yummy dish made by cooking rice & moong dal in milk, water & jaggery syrup and then flavoured with ghee and cashews. How to make Sweet Pongal / Sakkarai Pongal is explained in this post with step by step pictures.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Servings4
AuthorSharmilee J

Ingredients

  • 1 cup raw rice
  • 1/4 cup moong dal
  • 7 cups water
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tablespoon cashews halved
  • 1 tablespoon raisins
  • 2 nos cardamom
  • 4 tablespoon ghee

FOR JAGGERY SYRUP:

  • 1 cup jaggery heaped
  • 1/2 cup water

Instructions

  • Add water to jaggery.
  • Let it dissolve completely then set aside.
  • Add milk to a traditional bronze pot.
  • Add water to it.
  • Let it boil.
  • Keep in medium high. Let it overflow.
  • Stir well.
  • Rinse rice, dal and add it to the pot.
  • Cook in medium high until rice is 3/4th cooked and water is almost absorbed.
  • Now strain and add jaggery syrup.
  • Mix well and cook until it becomes thick.Now add ghee fried cashews,raisins.
  • Heat ghee in tadka pan - fry cashews then add raisins fry until golden.
  • Add ghee fried nuts, raisins, remaining 3 tablespoon ghee and cardamom powder. Mix well , cook for a minute then switch off. When it cools down it gets thick so switch off when it is still goey.

Video

Notes

  • Traditional half of waster we add is rice rinsed water itself.You can add that along with normal water but make sure to add only rice rinsed water without dal.
  • Water quantity may vary according to the quality and freshness of rice so adjust accordingly.
  • You can add jaggery as such too but to avoid impurities we usually strain and add.
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