Sarkarai Pongal

Ingredients:

• Raw Rice - 1/2 cup
• Moong dhal - 2 spoons
• Jaggery - 1 cup
• Ghee - 1/4 cup + 1 spoon
• Water - 3 cups

Garnishing:

• Elachi - 1 (Remove the cover and fine powder it along with little sugar)
• Cashew - 3

Method:

• Wash Rice and moong dhal. Add 3 cups of water and pressure cook.
• Once its cookedd Mash rice and moong dhal.
• In a bowl add jaggery with 1/4 cup water. Once it fully dissolves, remove the impurities by filtering it in a muslin cloth.
• Heat the jaggery syrup for 3 mins, then add mashed rice, moong dhal and 1/4 cup ghee.
• Stir the mixture till it becomes a lump. Add elachi powder and mix well.
• In one spoon of ghee saute the cashews and decorate it over Sarkarai Pongal.

Tasty Sarkarai Pongal is ready !!!