Sakkarai Pongal

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Wish you all a very Happy Pongal.

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

Sakkarai Pongal Preparation Method:

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.

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Pongal Festival Recipes

Pongal is the harvest festival of tamilnadu which is celebrated in tamil month of Thai one. It is called as "Thai Pongal"or "Tamizhar Thirunaal" or "Ulavar Thirunal" which is comes on mid of January. Pongal is celebrated by all tamillians across the world. During pongal festival, people prepare savories and sweets such as sarakari pongal, vadai and payasam.

Sakkarai Pongal/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

Eniya PONGAL Nalvalthugal...


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