Sakkarai Pongal

Sakkarai Pongal  serves.4

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Raw Rice

• 1/4 cup Moong Dal

• 1 cup hot milk

• 3 cups Water

• 2 -cups Jaggery (grated) and sugar---1/2 cup

• 10 Cashews

• 10-15 Raisins

• 3 tbsp Ghee

• 1 tsp Cardamom Powder

       salt ..1/8tsp

Method:

-Heat a pan in medium flame, add moong dal,fry till light golden brown.

-In a cooker take rice and moong dal together, wash, add 3 cups of water.

1/8tsp salt, cook for one whistle and simmer for 3-5 minutes. Once cool down,

open the cooker, mash the content, heat in low flame ,add milk, jaggery and

cardamom  powder. Heat ghee in a pan, add cashews and raisins to it.

Fry till it becomes golden brown and add to the pongal.

Note: By adding more ghee, the sakkarai pongal becomes rich in taste.