Sweet Pongal / Sakkarai Pongal

Sakkarai pongal is a sweet dish prepared with rice and jaggery during the Pongal festival. in south India This year I used brown rice and brown sugar and it was absolutely delicious.

Ingredients - Serves 4

• Brown rice - 1 cup
• Moong dhal - 2 tbsp
• Brown sugar - 1 cup
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• Cashew nuts - 2 tbsp
• Raisins - 2 tbsp
• Ghee - 2 tbsp

Method

• Heat the pan and fry moong dhal until golden brown
• Add 1 1/4 cups of water to brown rice & dhal and pressure cook it for 3 whistles
• Remove from the pressure cooker and mash it well
• Heat the pan and add 1/4 cup of water & brown sugar
• Allow it to boil and add cardamom powder
• Add mashed rice to the boiling brown sugar and mix well
• Heat a pan with ghee fry cashew nuts and raisins
• Pour it over the sweet pongal and serve hot

Nutritional Information
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• Brown rice is rich in fibre and the oil in the brown rice lowers LDL (bad) cholesterol
• Per serving = 330 calories approximately