Sarkarai Pongal / Sweet Pongal Recipe

Sarkarai Pongal / Sweet Pongal is a traditional south indian recipe made during any festival or auspicious occasions. This one is a very simple recipe with less time consumption. 

This recipe is inspired from my Mom's cooking stuff.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup raw rice / normal rice
• 1 cup jaggery (crush the hard pieces into small one)
• 2 to 3 cardamom 
• 2 tsp cashew nut
• 1 tsp raisins
• 4 - 5 tsp ghee

Servings: 3 persons
Cooking time: 30 mins

Method:

Wash the rice well and pressure cook until it is fully boiled. There is no problem even if the rice is overcooked. 

In the mean time, heat a pan and add 3 tsp of ghee to it. Once the ghee is heated, add the cashew nuts and fry until golden brown. Then add the raisins. Once the raisins bubble, remove from heat and keep it aside.

In a medium flame, add 1/4 cup of water to the boiled rice. Now add the crushed jaggery pieces to the rice. You can add 1 tsp of ghee to this. Once heated, the jaggery starts to melt in the rice. You need to mix the rice and jaggery well so that it will not be burnt in the bottom of the pan.

Once all the jaggery gets melted, add cardamom to this mixture. The rice starts to get a fine solid texture in a few minutes. Now add the fried cashew nuts and raisins. Mix them well and switch off the flame.

The sweet pongal is now ready to be served.