Sweet Pongal

Ingredients

• • Rice - 1 cup
• • Green gram dal - 1/3 cup
• • Jaggery (powdered) - 1 ¼ cups
• • Water (to dissolve the jaggery) - ½ cup
• • Cashew nuts - 1 tablespoon
• • Raisins - 1 tablespoon
• • Cardamom powder - ¼ teaspoon
• • Pure ghee - ¼ cup

Method

• 1. Dry roast green gram dal in a pan till light brown in colour.
• 2. Wash it along with rice and pressure cook in a container with 4 ½ cups of water, for 10 minutes.
• 3. Heat jaggery with half a cup of water in a thick shallow pan till it dissolves completely.
• 4. Strain to remove dirt and once again heat it till you reach one string consistency.
• 5. Add cooked pongal to that and mix well in a medium flame for few minutes.
• 6. Remove from fire.
• 7. Heat ghee separately and fry cashew nuts and raisins.
• 8. Add it to pongal along with cardamom powder.
• 9. Serve hot.