This is one famous sweet made during pongal festival. Pongal is south Indian harvest festival. So they prepare 2 varieties of Pongal. One is Khara pongal or Ven pongal. Another one is Sakkarai Pongal. Sakkarai pongal is also prepared for Goddess Andal’s birthday ” Koodaravalli”. Chakkarai Pongal is usually smeared with lots of ghee and tastes so delicious. This sweet is one of the famous recipe in South Indian. Please try this recipe and share your feedback in the comment section below.
- Cuisine: Indian
- Course: Dessert
- Prep time: 10mins
- Cooktime: 20mins
- Serves: 4 Persons.
Ingredients:
- Rice – 3/4th cup
- Moong dal – 1/2 cup
- Jaggery- 2 cups
- Water – 4cups + 1/4 cup
- Ghee – 2tbsp + 3 tbsp
- Cashew few
- Raisins Few
- Cardamom Powder – Pinch
- In a Pressure cooker add rice and moong dal. Add 4 cups of water and pressure cook for 4 whistles.
- Once cooked wait for the pressure to release and Open the cooker. Mash the cooked rice and dal nicely.
- In a pan add ghee 2 tbsp and fry cashews and raisins golden brown. Remove and set aside.
- In the same pan add jaggery and water 1/2 cup. Cook until the jaggery dissolves.
- Add the jaggery syrup to mashed rice and dal. Mix them well to avoid forming lumps.
- Add cardamom powder and fried cashews and raisins. Mix well.
- Add ghee 3 tbsp and serve them hot.
- Note:
- If you find the cooked rice and dal too hard to mix add little warm milk or water. You can adjust the consistency according to your taste.
- Also you can reduce ghee if you want to.
