Sakkarai Pongal

Hi Friends,

Wish you all a very Happy Pongal.

Here’s the special treat of traditional Sakkarai pongal. Prepare and Enjoy with your family and friends!!!

Sakkarai Pongal Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup
Moong dal - 1/4 cup
Milk - 2 cups
Cashew - 10
Raisins - 10
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Jaggery ( powdered ) - 1 1/2 cups
Edible camphor - a pinch
Ghee - as needed

Method of Preparation:

Step 1:  Fry Moong Dal
Step 2:  Cook rice & fried Moong dhal with 3 cups of water.
Step 3:  Use a separate pan add jaggery with 1/4 cup of water, allow it to boil till the jaggery melts.
Step 4:  Add the cooked rice into this and mix well.
Step 5:  Heat ghee in a pan. Add cashew, raisins, fry and add to the pongal
Step 6:  Mix well for 2 min on stove and turn off.

Tags:  Chakkarai Pongal | Sweet Pongal | Pongal Recipes 

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2012 Pongal Festival Recipes

Pongal is celebrated by all Tamilians across the world. Pongal is the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu which is celebrated in Tamil month of Thai one which is comes in mid of January.

During Pongal Festival, people prepare savories and sweets such as Sakkarai Pongal, vadai and payasam.
Sugarcane also most famous on pongal festival.

Chakkarai Pongal is the most popular recipes on pongal festival. Sweet Pongal can make with different ingredients like ghee, jaggery, cashew nuts and is served to sun god.

Let us learn How to make Chakkarai Pongal

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