SAKARAI PONGAL/ SWEET PONGAL RECIPE

INGREDIENTS:
1.  Raw rice - 2 cups
2.  Green gram dal roasted lightly - 1 cup
3.  Jaggery - 4 cups grated
4.  Ghee - 5 tablespoon
5.  Cashew- nuts - 10
6.  Raisins - 10
7.  Cardamom powder - 1 teaspoon
8.  Water - 10 cups
9.  Kesari powder - 1 teaspoon(optional)

METHOD:
1.  Combine dal and rice and keep it aside.

2.  Wash them well and drain the water.

3.  Pressure cook them and leave it for 4 whistles.

4.  Meanwhile add little water to jaggery and cook till it dissolves.

5.  Strain the syrup.

6.  Heat a pan and add the syrup and cook till it reaches soft ball consistency which means when a drop of jaggery is dropped in water it forms a soft ball.

7.  Add the rice and dal and stir them.

8.  Fry the cashews, raisins in ghee.

9.  Pour them over pongal.

10.Add cardamom powder and stir. if u want the pongal to be dark in co-lour you can add the kesari powder.

11.Cook till the pongal gets thick and serve hot.

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