Recipe for Pongal made of Sugar

Recipe for Sarkarai pongal made of sarkarai. This is not as famous as the Sarkarai Pongal made of Jaggery. My grand ma makes this on Pongal day itself. But my mom makes it during Kanu.



Ingredients:

Milk - 1/2 ltr

Raw Rice - 1 cup

Moong Dal - 1/3 cup

Sugar - 1 cup

Cardamom - 3 to 4 nos

Cashew nut - 12 nos

Ghee - 1 cup



Method:

Wash and pressure cook rice and moong dal in 4 cups of water. When done mash the rice well. Add sugar and milk and mix well. In low flame cook for another 5 mins by stirring constantly.



Remove from flame, powder the cardamom and add it to the Pongal. Fry cashew nut in 2 tbsp of ghee untill it is golden brown in colour and add it to the Pongal. Add the remaining ghee.



Can be served as a part of breakfast along with Ven Pongal and Medu Vadai.