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Chakkara Pongal Recipe
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Chakkara Pongal Recipe, Sweet Pongal Recipe, Sakkarai Pongal
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 

Chakkara Pongal Recipe or Sweet Pongal Recipe or Sakkarai Pongal is one of the traditional South Indian Recipes made with moong dal, rice, jaggery, sugar and dry fruits.

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: South Indian
Keyword: Chakkara Pongal, Sakkarai Pongal, Sweet Pongal
Servings: 4
Calories: 240 kcal
Author: Uppada Lakshmi
Ingredients
  • 1 bowl Rice
  • Water – Required
  • 1 bowl Moong dal
  • 5 tbsp. Ghee
  • 3 tbsp. Cashew
  • 1 tbsp. Raisins
  • 1 bowl Coconut Pieces
  • 1 cup Jaggery
  • 1 cup Sugar
Instructions
  1. Clean rice and moong dal separately with adequate water and remove dust particles and skin of dal.
  2. In a pressure cooker, add cleaned rice and dal and add 4-5 bowls of water and pressure cook.
  3. While rice is being cooked, let us fry dry fruits and keep aside.
  4. In a pan, add ghee and when it melts add cashew and fry till they turn golden brown. Shift to another bowl.
  5. Add raisins and cook on low flame till they bulge. Here we need to take care that they don’t get burnt.
  6. In the leftover ghee roast coconut pieces as cow ghee elevates the taste of coconut pieces and also bring the crunchy flavor.
  7. If you are using a pure form of jaggery, you can directly add to the pan and add water to make syrup.
  8. If you feel there is a chance of impurities in jaggeries like stones or some times dry grass, distill to get pure syrup.
  9. In the same syrup add little sugar and boil till it dissolves.
  10. Add coconut pieces and dal rice in the syrup to get thick concentration.
  11. Sprinkle cardamom powder or edible camphor for aroma.
  12. In order to make this recipe non-sticky and enhance aroma and taste add cow ghee.
  13. Once ghee oozes out and Sweet Pongal or Chakkara Pongal is cooked, garnish with cashew and raisins.

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