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 !!!

Ven Pongal

Ingredients:

• Raw Rice - 2 cups
• Moong Dhal - 1 cup
• Water - 7 cups

Garnishing:

• Cumin seeds - 1.5 spoons
• Pepper - 1/4 spoon
• Cashew - 10 pieces
• Curry leaves
• Ginger piece - 1/4 spoon
• Ghee - 4 spoons
• Refined oil - 1 spoon

Method:

1. Wash rice and moong dhal. Add water and pressure cook.
2. After its cooked smash the rice and moong dhal mixture.
3. To this add cumin seeds, pepper, cashew, ginger pieces sauted in refined oil.
4. Add ghee, curry leaves and mix it well.
5. Can serve 4

Now the lip-smacking hot Ven Pongal is ready!!!