Sakkarai Mango pongal. Chakkara pongal or sakkarai pongal are the other names. Sweet pongal is made in many traditional south Indian homes on the day of Makara sankranthi or pongal festival. Sakkarai pongal recipe, a temple style flavourful sweet pongal with jaggery, edible camphor, cardamom, cloves and the essential ghee and cashew nuts.
Pongal is the simplest of desserts.
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You can have Sakkarai Mango pongal using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Sakkarai Mango pongal
- Prepare 1 cup of Uncooked Rice.
- You need 1/2 cup or less of Moong dal.
- Prepare 4 tbsp of Jaggery.
- It's 3 tbsp of Mango.
- You need 1/4 cup of Ghee - (or as per preference).
- Prepare 2-3 of Cardamom.
- Prepare 6 cups of Water for cooking rice.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Water for jaggery syrup.
- You need 1-2 of Clove.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Almonds.
Sakkarai pongal recipe - traditional temple style sakkarai pongal recipe. Traditionally sweet pongal is made with just jaggery rice and moong dal as main ingredients. I have already posted a sweet pongal. #Mango_Pongal #Different_types_of_pongal #Mango_recipes. How to make Sakkarai Pongal-Rice and moong dal sweet khichdi.
Sakkarai Mango pongal instructions
- In a pressure cooker/ pan, add 1/4 tsp ghee and roast the moong dal..
- Add water, rice and Pressure cook it. Mash it once done..
- Add Powder jaggery, mangoes and cardamom powder and heat it with water just to immerse it and bring to boil..
- Let the jaggery completely dissolve and filter it and add to the mashed rice in the cooker..
- Add cloves and switch off the stove, give a quick stir.cook for 2-3 minutes. Add nuts, cardamom for garnishing..
Sakkarai Pongal is one of the common and popular dish in Tamil Nadu and South India. There are different variations being followed in making of the Sakkarai pongal based on the family tradition. Sweet Pongal is also known as sakkarai pongaL In Tamil language and is a sweet dish made during festive occasions in South India. Another similar variation is this Chakkara Pongal made with sugar. Sweet pongal or sakkarai pongal is the delicious pongal recipe made with rice, moong lentils and jaggery. sakkarai pongal is popular prasadh (prasadham) in temples of Tamilnadu.
