Sweet ghee Pongal (chakkarai Pongal)
Sweet ghee Pongal (chakkarai Pongal)

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, sweet ghee pongal (chakkarai pongal). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Sweet pongal is a delicious South Indian dish made with rice, moong lentils, ghee, jaggery or sugar, cardamoms and nuts. Sweet pongal is known as chakkara pongali in telugu & sakkarai pongal in tamil. Chakkara Pongali in Telugu-How to Make Chakkara Pongali-Sakkara pongali-Sweet Pongal recipeInTelugu Sweet Pongal Recipe-Sakkarai Pongal-Chakkarai Pongal - Padhuskitchen.

Sweet ghee Pongal (chakkarai Pongal) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Sweet ghee Pongal (chakkarai Pongal) is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have sweet ghee pongal (chakkarai pongal) using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Sweet ghee Pongal (chakkarai Pongal):
  1. Take 1/2 cup raw white rice
  2. Get 1/4 tbsp moongal (split)
  3. Make ready Pinch salt
  4. Make ready 4.5 cups water
  5. Get 3 tbsp chopped cashews
  6. Prepare 3 tbsp ghee
  7. Take 2 tbsp kishmish
  8. Take 2 tsp cardamom powder
  9. Make ready 2 tbsp grated coconut (optional)

Home Vegetarian Rice & Pongal Chakkarai Pongal. Sweet Pongal - By VahChef @ VahRehVah.com. சர்க்கரை பொங்கல்-Sweet Pongal Recipe-Chakkarai Pongal is one of the famous south Indian special recipe which is making on pongal festival celebrates on January month every year, especially for farmers. Sakkarai pongal will make in a new clay pot in all villages. No Onion No Garlic (Packed in biodegradable food-grade paper containers).

Steps to make Sweet ghee Pongal (chakkarai Pongal):
  1. Rinse moong dal with water, transfer to a pressure cooker and add water. Let it boil of medium for few mins.
  2. Wash and soak the rice with water.
  3. Once you see the moong dal froth up like this add the rice to this gradually and reduce flame to low.
  4. To the cooker add water and pinch salt.
  5. Cover and let it cook for 4-5 whistles.
  6. Roast cashews with ghee until lightly brown then add the kishmish and fry till it swells up. Don’t burn.
  7. Mash the rice well without lumps
  8. Chop the jaggery coarsely like this and mix well with rice dal mixture till it dissolves completely. Add cardamom powder or crushed cardamoms. Here you can add grated coconut is desired.
  9. Add rest if ghee and roast dry fruits now
  10. Mix thoroughly. Serve hot.

Here's my family's recipe for Chakkara Pongal, which I have made a tad healthier using brown / semi polished rice from Phalada Agro and I am happy to use their dark and very flavourful organic jaggery for this dish. Traditionally, cashew nuts go along with the raisins but today I have used almonds. Ghee Sweet Pongal Recipe - Banana Dosa Wishing Everyone a Very Happy Pongal. Pongal or Sankaranti is know as Harvest festival and is celebrated through out India.

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