Sakkarai Pongal

My all time favourite.... any festival i like to make sakkarai pongal simply bcoz of its richness and taste. Its very simple but tastes simply delicious... so will directly get into the recipe

INGREDIENTS

Rice - 1cup

Moong Dal-1/2cup

Milk-2cups

Water-1cups

Jaggery - 2cups

Ghee(clarified butter)-1cup

Cashew and Raisins-to garnish

METHOD

1. Heat 1tbsp ghee in the pan and fry the moong dal until it turns pink in colour. dont overdo coz it will change the taste of your pongal


2. Wash the rice and add the fried moong dal. Pressure cook it with the listed quantity of milk and water. you can adjust the milk and water ratio but both put together you shud have 3cups.


3. Now in a heavy bottom pan add the jaggery and pour a lil water until the jaggery soaks in water.


4. Let it boil until the jaggery dissolves and becomes a lil thick syrup.


5. Now mash the cooked rice and moong dal well and add it to the jaggery syrup stir in continously


6. Add the ghee and mix everything well.


7. Garnish it with cashews and raisins fried in ghee. Your Sakkarai pongal is ready to be served.