Friday, July 19, 2013

Sakkarai Pongal



Category : Rice, Tamilnadu
Servings : 2
Time Taken : 15-30 mins

Ingredients: 
1 cup - milk
1/2 cup - raw rice
1/2 cup - grated jaggery
3 tbsp - split green lentil (moong dal)
3 to 4 tbsp - cashews
1/2 tsp - cardamom powder
1/4 tsp - nutmeg powder
pinch - saffron
1 to 2 tbsp - dried raisins

Method
Wash and clean lentil and rice together and place in a vessel.
Add 1 cup milk and 1/2 cup water and pressure cook for 10-15min until cooked. (about 4-5 whistles)
Meanwhile in some ghee roast cashews and raisins and just before removing from the heat add saffron,cardamom and nutmeg.
Add the jaggery to the cooked to the lentil-rice mixture.
Mix well until combined. Add the cashew and raisin mixture and stir until combined. Drizzle it with some ghee and serve.

Note : 
If the rice-lentil mixture is dry, add some melted ghee/warm milk to the mixture until it comes to the consistency of your liking.

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