Name: Sweet pongal
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: ½ cup rice; ¼ cup split yellow lentils; 3 cup water; ¾ cup jaggery; 4 Tbsp ghee or clarified butter; 10 whole cashew; 2 Tbsp raisins; 2 cups sugar; ¼ tsp cardamom powder; 2 tsp of dry coconut pieces

Sweet pongal

7 Apr 2019

by Deepthi (in memoriam)

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Total Time

40 minutes

Background

Sweet pongal is a desert dish which is hugely popular in southern India and is usually made during ugadi festival.

Ingredients

½ cup rice
¼ cup split yellow lentils
3 cup water
¾ cup jaggery
4 Tbsp ghee or clarified butter
10 whole cashew
2 Tbsp raisins
2 cups sugar
¼ tsp cardamom powder
2 tsp of dry coconut pieces

Instructions

Soak rice and yellow lentils for 15 min.
After 15 min, in a pressure cooker add both rice, lentils and 2½ cups of water. Cook until 4-5 whistles or until completely cooked. Set aside.
In a pan, add 2 tsp of ghee or clarified butter, fry the coconut pieces, cashews and raisins until light golden brown. Make sure they don't get burnt.
Take a deep bottomed vessel, add the cooked rice and lentils, jaggery, sugar and gently mix on medium to low heat to melt and combine the sugar and jaggery with rice mixture.
Add 3 Tbsp of clarified butter, cardamom powder, raisins and cashews to the mixture and mix well.
Turn off the heat and the desert is ready.