Sakkarai Pongal

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Ingredients:

• Raw rice- 1 cup
• Moong dal - 1/2 cup
• Jaggery - 1 cup
• cashew - 15
• Raisin - 15
• Cardamom powder - a pinch
• Ghee - 1/2 cup

Method:

• Roast moong dal until the raw smell disappear.
• Presure cook rice and moong dal along with required water nicely.
• Dissolve jaggery in two cups of water, boil it till the smell disappear and filter the syrup.
• Now add this syrup to the cooked rice and dal, mix it well.
• Add cardamom powder, ghee to the above mixture and boil it for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Fry raisins and cashews in ghee and add it the pongal.
• Pongal has the tendency to thicken when it cools down, so remove from heat when the pongal is in semi solid state.