Sakkarai Pongal (Sweet Rice) I am giving a simple recipe for Sweet Pongal You will need: Raw Rice (Sona Masoori) - 1 cup Yellow Moong Dal (paasi paruppu) - 1/4 cup Water - 5 cups Cardamom - 4 pods Jaggery ( grated / powdered ) - 2 cups Ghee - 1 tbsp Cashewnuts - few Kishmish (Raisins) - few First wash the rice and dal , add water and pressure cook it for 5 minutes. Now, crush the cardamom seeds into fine powder and keep aside. Once the rice is cooked, first mash it with a rounded laddle . Then add the jaggery and cardamom powder and mix well. In a small kadai, heat the ghee and roast the cashew nuts and kishmish. Add this to the Pongal. Thats it. Sweet Pongal is ready to eat ! It is favourite for kids and elders . Caution !!! It is very SWEET!!!
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