Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1/2 Cup Raw Rice
  • 2 tbsp Moong Dal
  • 1/2 to 3/4 Cup Sugar Candy / Kalkandu
  • 1.5 + 1/2 Cup Boiled Milk
  • 3 tbsp Ghee
  • 10 Cashews
  • 10 Raisins
  • 2 Cardamom

Instruction

  • In a pan, add 1 tsp of ghee and roast moong dal till golden colour.
  • Rinse the rice well. Then pressure cook rice and moong dal with 1.5 cup of milk for 4 to 5 whistles.
  • To a dry mixer, add sugar candy and powder it.
  • To the cooked rice, pour the remaining 1/2 cup of milk and add powdered sugar candy.
  • Then mash the rice slightly and transfer it to a pan. Mix everything well and cook for 2 minutes in low flame.
  • Now add ghee and give a stir. Fry cashews, raisins and cardamom in ghee till golden colour.
  • Then add the fried cashews, raisins, cardamom and mix everything well. Switch off flame, when the pongal is in slight flowing consistency itself, as it thickens with time.Delicious sugar candy pongal is ready.