chakkara pongal | sakarai pongal |sweet pongal recipe
sakkarai pongal recipe is a prasad eaten during Pongal or Makar Sankranti in south India. Here is a recipe which uses brown rice along with gur or jaggery to make this yummy sweet khichdi.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- frying pan
- pressure cooker
Ingredients
- ½ cup brown rice
- ¼ cup moong dal
- 1 tbsp. ghee
- 3 cups water
For jaggery syrup
- ⅔ cup jaggery /coconut sugar/ palm sugar/ gur
- ⅓ cup water
For garnish
- 2 tbsp. ghee
- handful raisins and cashews
- 6-7 saffron strands
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder /elaichi powder
Instructions
- Wash and soak brown rice for 30 minutes.Dry roast moong dal in a pressure cooker.
- Later add 1 tbsp. ghee in a pressure cooker and add the dry roasted dal to it.
- 3. Cook it for 3-4 minutes until it is light(not dark) brown.
- Now add soaked brown rice to it along with 3 cups water. Let it cook over a medium flame for unto 6 whistles. Note: White rice takes lesser time to cook.
- Mash it once the pressure releases.
For jaggery syrup
- Boil water and add jaggery to it along with cardamom powder and saffron strands.
- Add jaggery syrup to dal rice mixture and mix well.
- In 2 tbsp. oil fry the nuts of your choice like cashews,raisins or almonds. Garnish and serve immediately.