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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