Saturday, January 16, 2010

Sweet Pongal



First time i tried this out, which turned very delicious.It is so yum yum.. No, no this is not my say, but my hubbys words.

Ingredients :
• 1 cup rice
• ½ cuo moong dal / pesarapappu
• 3 cups of water
• 1 cup grated coconut dry / fresh
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp cardamom powder
• 1 tbsp cashew nuts
• 1 tbsp raisins
• 3 tbsp ghee
• 2 cups milk


Sweet Pongal

How to make :

1. Pressure cook rice + dal + grated coconut with 3 cups of water till you get 3 whistles
2. Fry cashews and raisins in 1 tbsp of ghee and keep it aside
3. Add the cooked rice and dal mixture in the same pan in 2 cups of milk with sugar.
4. stir it continuously so that it wont get burnt at the bottom
5. Cook it till you get good consistancy. (Not too solid not too liqiud)
6. Add the remaining ghee from the top and mix it.
7. Finally add cashews and raisins.
8. Sweet Pongal is ready to eat.

Note : Chilled dessert is even more tastier

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