Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Sweet Pongal

Sweet Pongal.

You can cook Sweet Pongal using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Sweet Pongal

1. Prepare 1/2 cup of rice.
2. It's 1/4 cup of moong dal (split green gram).
3. You need 2 cups of water.
4. It's 1 cup of brown sugar or to taste.
5. You need 1/4 tsp. of cardamom powder.
6. Prepare 1 tbsp. of rose water.
7. It's 2 cups of milk.
8. You need 2 tbsp. of ghee.
9. It's handful of mixed nuts.
10. It's 1 tbsp. of chopped nuts to garnish.

Sweet Pongal step by step

1. Dry roast the moong dal till light golden and and keep aside..
2. Soak the dal and rice in water for an hour..
3. Wash and drain. Add 2 cups fresh water and pressure cook for 8-10 minutes on a low flame after the first whistle..
4. Heat ghee in a pan & lightly saute the mixed nuts till light golden. Keep aside..
5. Transfer to the pan along with the milk..
6. Add sugar to it..
7. Simmer on a low flame by mashing them in between. Add the cardamom powder and mix..
8. Add the cardamom powder and mix..
9. Add the fried nuts also to it and simmer further..
10. When done, add the rose water and switch off the flame..
11. Garnish with chopped nuts and serve them hot or cold..