Sweet pongal is the traditional recipe which can be prepared for All festivals Like Navratri,Durga pooja and Sankaranthi pongal.This sweet pongal is also known as neiveithyam for God And Goddess Durga Laksmi And Lakshmi Devi.
Sakkarai Pongal – A Mouthwatering Delicious Sakkarai Pongal Recipe
Sweet pongal is especially prepared during all festival days like durga pooja, sankrati, ganesh chaturthi. Then its served as prasadam in many south indian temples.
Ingredients
Jaggery Preparation
- 0.45 cup Palm Sugar Or Jaggery
- 0.25 cup Water
Pongal Preparation
- 1.00 cup Raw Rice
- 0.25 cup Yellow Split Gram
- 3.00 tbsp Ghee
- 0.25 cup Cashew Nuts
- 0.25 cup cardamom powder Dry Grapes
Instructions
Jaggery Preparation
- Heat a thick bottom pan add some grated or powdered palm sugar,which needs to melt and filter to remove the impurities.
- Then add little water with them and keep on stirring still the added palm sugar comes to dissolves.
Pongal Preparation
- Heat a pan add some yellow split gram and dry roast them till it gets light brown in color.
- Rinse the roasted split gram and raw rice in water and soak for at least ten to fifteen minutes.
- Take a pressure cooker add the rinsed rice and gram mixture and add enough water with them.
- Brings to pressure cook the gram and rice for three to four whistles till it comes to mushy,when the pressure downs itself and open the lid.
- Now filter the prepared palm sugar water with that pressure cooked rice and gram mixture.
- Then add little amount of green cardamom powder which gives a good flavor to this recipe.
- Stir well till the added palm sugar water and cardamom powder are well mixed with the rice and gram mixture.
- Heat a tempering pan add some ghee and roast some cashew nuts and raisins with them.
- Pour the roasted raisins and cashew nuts mixture and melted ghee over the prepared rice mixture,Mix and garnish well and serve hot.
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