Palm Sugar Pongal

Ingredients

• • Rice (raw) - 1 cup
• • Bengal gram dal - ¼ cup
• • Green gram dal - ¼ cup
• • Water - 6 cups
• • Palm sugar - 2 ½ cups
• • Milk - 1 cup
• • Coconut (grated, fresh) - ¼ cup
• • Cardamom powder - ½ teaspoon
• • Ghee - 2 tablespoons
• • Cashew nuts (broken) - 10

Method

• 1. Heat 6 cups of water in a broad .vessel.
• 2. When it starts boiling add little ghee and washed bengal gram dal.
• 3. When it is half cooked, add green gram dal.
• 4. Allow the dal to cook properly and then add washed rice. Cover and reduce the flame.
• 5. When rice is ¾ th cooked add milk, coconut and palm sugar.
• 6. Reduce flame and mix well, until proper consistency is reached.
• 7. Fry cashew nuts in ghee. Pour on top of the pongal. Add cardamom powder and mix well.
• 8. Serve hot.