Sweet Pongal Recipe | Chakkara Pongali | Sakkarai Pongal Recipe
Chakarai pongal or chakkara pongali , Sweet pongal with step by step pictures and video. It is generally prepared in temples as a prasadam, (an offering made to a deity). This type of pongal is made during the Pongal festival in Tamil Nadu and during Sankranthi festival in Andhra Pradesh.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Raw Rice
- ½ cup Yellow Split Moong Dal
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup Milk
- 2 cups Jaggery
- 1 cup Water
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Dry Ginger Powder
- 1 tsp Cardamom powder
- ½ cup Ghee
- 10 Cashews
- 4 tbsp Kishmish
- a pinch edible camphor
Instructions
- In a pressure cooker. Add in moong dal and roast them on low heat till light golden brown and fragrant.
- Remove this to a bowl. Add rice and wash them well.
- Take this back in pressure cooker, add in salt, water, milk and 1 tbsp ghee. Cover and pressure cook for 3 whistle. Turn off the heat and let the steam release by itself.
- Meanwhile take jaggery and water in a sauce pan. Bring it to a boil. Cook this for 5 mins till it thickens lightly.
- Now strain this into the cooked rice and mix well.
- Add in ghee little at a time around 2 tbsp and keep cooking on medium low heat for 8 to 10 mins.
- Now add in cardamom powder, ginger powder, edible camphor and mix well.
- Heat remaining ghee in a pan. Fry cashews and kishmish till golden brown. Pour this over the pongal and mix well.
- Serve hot.
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Nutrition Facts
Sweet Pongal Recipe | Chakkara Pongali | Sakkarai Pongal Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 servings)
Calories 566
Calories from Fat 162
% Daily Value*
Fat 18g28%
Saturated Fat 10g63%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 5g
Cholesterol 42mg14%
Sodium 221mg10%
Potassium 114mg3%
Carbohydrates 95g32%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 70g78%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 66IU1%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 84mg8%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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