Sweet Pongal Recipe

Step 1: Roast moong dal and rice

Roast moong dal and rice on a pan or a small Kadai. Heat on low flame. Stir both rice and dal until they become aromatic. Do not roast them till they are brown!

Step 2: Pour it bowl

Pour them into a bowl and rinse them well with water a couple of times.

Step 3: Add Rice, water and keep them whistles

Drain, add rice and dal, 3 cups of water into a pressure cooker. Keep them for 8-10 whistles.

Step 4: Cook for 15 Minutes.

Bring the pressure cooker on medium flame, cook it for 15 minutes.

Step 5: Add water and mix

When done, let the cooker settle down, remove the lid and check its consistency after! If not well made, add ½ cup of water and mix it well.

Step 6: Mash Rice and Moong Dal

Gently mash the rice and moong dal, if cooked, it should have a consistency of khichdi.

Step 7: Add cardamon, clove, salt, turmeric

Add, cardamon, clove, salt, turmeric to the cooked rice and lentils.

Step 8: Add jaggery

Now that the food is ready, the next step is to add jaggery. Get some grated jaggery of about 120 grams, and for more sweetness, add ¼ cup more of it.

Step 9: Add jaggery to water

Add jaggery to ½ cup of water in a pan.

Step 10: Heat in Low Flame

Bring this to low medium flame, heat the jaggery till it completely melts.

Step 11: Let's syrup cool and add it to mixture.

Let the syrup cool, strain it through a sieve and add it to the mixture.

Step 12: Add cardamom and clove powder

Add some flavoured cardamom and clove powder, mix them all well together.

Step 13: Fry dry fruits

Fry some dry fruits with ghee, stir them brown.

Step 14: Sweet Pongal is ready to serve

Add them to the mixture, mix well and you have your sweet Pongal ready!