SAKAR PONGAL

Sakar Pongal, my mom makes it very well, and i got the recipe from her and tried out at my home, it came out in the same way as my mom did !!! cool na -:) So friends, i have posted the ingredients and recipe of the same. Go ahead, try it out. Do not forget to tell me how it was! Yummy !


Ingredients

• Rice - 1 cup
• Moong dal - 1 cup
• Jaggery – 3 cups
• Coconut – 2 cups
• Dessicated coconut – 2 cups
• Ghee – 200 grms
• Cashews – 2 tspn
• Almonds – 2 tspn
• Raisins – 2 tspn
  

Method

1. Wash rice and Moong dal and mix them
2. Add 4 cups of water (3 cups for rice and 1 cup for moong dal )
3. Set the pressure cooker for both rice and moong dal with water as mentioned above
4. Take a heavy bottom pan and set it on low flame on the hob
5. Add jaggery to the pan and let it boil & melt
6. Add coconut and dessicated coconut to the pan and let it boil for 10 mins on low flame
7. Add Ghee to the pan
8. Add the cooked rice and moong dal to the pan
9. Keep stirring on low flame for 10 – 15 mins
10. Take a small serving dish and smear it with 1 tbsp ghee
11. Transfer the sweet-dish to the serving dish
12. Lastly garnish with dryfruits (cashews, almonds and raisins)