How to Prepare Delicious Sakkarai Pongal (sweet)

Sakkarai Pongal (sweet).

You can have Sakkarai Pongal (sweet) using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Sakkarai Pongal (sweet)

1. Prepare 3/4 cup of Raw rice / pacha arisi -.
2. It's 1/4 cup of Moong dal / pasi paruppu -.
3. You need 4 cups of Water -.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of Jaggery powdered - heaped.
5. You need 6 tbsps of Ghee -.
6. You need 12 to 15 nos of Cashew nut -.
7. It's 1/4 tsp of Cardamom powder -.

Sakkarai Pongal (sweet) step by step

1. Wash raw rice and moong dal together in a vessel and drain water completely..
2. In a pressure cooker, add the raw rice and moong dal with 4 cups of water and cook for 5 to 6 whistles. This makes the rice and dal mixture very soft..
3. Allow it to cool for 10 minutes. If the rice and dal mixture is dry then you can add 1/2 cup of milk or water after opening. Slightly mash it together..
4. Add ghee in a kadai and fry the cashew nuts to golden brown and remove. Keep aside, to add at the last to garnish.
5. In another kadai, add jaggery with 1/4 cup water. Allow the jaggery to melt and and dissolve completely in water..
6. Now strain the jaggery liquid with a muslin cloth or strainer to remove the impurities of jaggery..
7. The strained jaggery to be mixed with cooked rice n dal mixture in the cooker or kadai  with remaining ghee..
8. Keep stirring so the excess water evaporates and to get a thicker consistency. Off the stove and add cardamom powder. Little extra ghee can be added depending on the individual's liking..
9. Garnish with fried cashew nuts and serve..