Rice Flakes Sweet Pongal

Ingredients

• • Rice flakes/Pohas (fried in ghee) - 1 cup
• • Coconut milk - 2 cups
• • Green gram dal (cooked) - ½ cup
• • Sugar (powdered) - 1 cup
• • Saffron (soaked in warm milk) - as required
• • Cinnamon powder - 2 pinches
• • Cloves (fried in ghee) - 5
• • Kismis (fried in ghee) - as required
• • Almonds - as required
• • Ghee - 2 tablespoons
• • Kesar colour - 2 pinches

Method

• 1. Spread rice flakes on a cloth and wipe well to remove dirt. Fry it until golden using little ghee.
• 2. Soak fried rice flakes in coconut milk for 10 minutes.
• 3. Cook green gram dal using 2 cups of water, until dal splits.
• 4. Add soaked rice flakes, sugar and saffron.
• 5. Mix gently for few minutes in completely reduced flame.
• 6. When moisture gets absorbed add cardamom powder, fried clove, half of the kismis, almond and little more ghee. Mix well and remove from fire.
• 7. Transfer to a serving dish. Garnish with fried nuts and kismis.
• 8. Tasty rice flakes sweet pongal is ready to serve.