Preparation of Sakkarai Pongal

In Tamil Nadu Pongal festival is celebrated for four days. Sakkarai Pongal is the favoruite dish for many. Here we can see how we can prepare it.

2 cups rice

1 litre milk

1/2 cup moong dal

3 cups of grated jaggery

2 cups of ghee

50 grms cashewnuts and raisins

1 tsp. cardamom powder

First wash the rice and moong dal thoroughly and cook with milk in coocker for 15 minutes. Add little water in jaggery and boil it separately. Strain it to remove the stones in jaggery and boil it for ten minutes making it two thread consistency. Now coocked rice is ready add ghee in it and stir it well. Then add boiled jaggery syrup. Stir it continuously in low flame for 5 to 10 minutes. Then add cardmom powder and roasted cahsewnuts and raisins. Now your sweet Sankkarai Pongal is ready to eat.