Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Chakkara Pongal

One common delicacy made for all festive occasions. I mean, apart from kesari, this is the most commonly made sweet dish.  A total lip-smacking, rich delicacy. I keep making this all the time whenever we get sweet cravings...hihihi...


Ingredients:

Raw rice-1/2 cup
Moong dal/Paasi paruppu-3 tblsp
Ghee-4 tblsp
Milk-1/2 cup
Cashews-6-8 nos.
Jaggery-3/4 cup - 1 cup
Elachi-1 no.
water-1 & 3/4 cups
Salt-2 pinches


Procedure
- Heat a tsp of ghee and fry the moong dal directly.Fry for a minute.
Add the washed rice,half of the milk,water and pressure cook
Once the pressure is released,open and mix some more milk,just to mash and mix well.
- Melt the jaggery with very little water and filter the impurities and then add this syrup to the pongal.
Switch on the stove and keep on stirring well in a low-medium flame.
Pour ghee little by little and keep on stirring till pongal leaves the  sides of the vessel.(approx 4-5 min)
Add fried cashew,powdered elachi
- Serve it hot. It'll be yummy!!!

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