Sakkarai Pongal
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup raw rice
1 tbsp green gram dal
1 cup sugar
8 cashewnuts
3 cardamom pods, powdered
a little saffron
5 tbsp ghee
1 pinch refined camphor (edible)
a few pinches nutmeg powder
8-10 kismis
1 cup milk
1/2 cup coconut gratings
1 tbsp green gram dal
1 cup sugar
8 cashewnuts
3 cardamom pods, powdered
a little saffron
5 tbsp ghee
1 pinch refined camphor (edible)
a few pinches nutmeg powder
8-10 kismis
1 cup milk
1/2 cup coconut gratings
DIRECTIONS
Roast green gram dal lightly, till it smells.
Soak in water with rice for at least 15 minutes.
Put 2 cups of diluted milk and 1 tbsp ghee to the soaked rice-cum-dal mix.
Pressure cook for 8 minutes.
Roast cashewnut bits with 4 tbsp ghee in frying pan, on a low flame.
Put kismis, and stir. Add coconut gratings and roast till it turns golden yellow.
Prepare sugar syrup of thread consistency in a vessel.
Combine the cooked rice plus dal with it, and cook for 2 or 3 minutes on medium flame.
Put the cashewnut and coconut mixture.
Then put camphor (edible), jajikai (nutmeg), cardamom and saffron.
Turn over thoroughly, and serve.
Soak in water with rice for at least 15 minutes.
Put 2 cups of diluted milk and 1 tbsp ghee to the soaked rice-cum-dal mix.
Pressure cook for 8 minutes.
Roast cashewnut bits with 4 tbsp ghee in frying pan, on a low flame.
Put kismis, and stir. Add coconut gratings and roast till it turns golden yellow.
Prepare sugar syrup of thread consistency in a vessel.
Combine the cooked rice plus dal with it, and cook for 2 or 3 minutes on medium flame.
Put the cashewnut and coconut mixture.
Then put camphor (edible), jajikai (nutmeg), cardamom and saffron.
Turn over thoroughly, and serve.



