Sweet Pongal Recipe / Happy Pongal & Sankaranti / Chakkarai Pongal
As you joyfully celebrate the colorful festival of Pongal, with a lot of fervor and cheer, this warm greetings comes your way, with a world of good wishes for every joy and happiness.
Wishing you & your family a very prosperous Pongal..!!!
Sweet Pongal / Chakkarai Pongal is one of the delicious dishes prepared on the occasion of PONGAL FESTIVAL. This festival is celebrated to honor the Sun god for a bountiful harvest and is celebrated by Tamil Communtiy everywhere in the world.
In this traditional recipe, rice is cooked with lentil and milk together in ghee and jaggery.
Ingredients:
· Rice - 1 cup
· Moong dal - ¼ cup
· Milk - ½ cup
· Ghee - ½ cup
· Cashew - ¼ cup
· Raisins - ¼ cup
· Cardamoms - 3 to 4
· Jaggery - 1 ½ cup
Method:
1. Dry roast moong dal until it starts to change its color.
2. Then soak rice and dhal for 10 minutes.
3. Add 2 ½ cups of water, milk, ghee and cook till the rice becomes tender.
4. Roast cashew, raisins and cardamom in ghee to golden.
5. In a separate pan take water and add jaggery to it.
6. Heat it till the later melts completely & forms a syrup consistency.
7. Strain it through a strainer to remove impurities.
8. Mash the cooked rice dhal mixture and mix the jaggery syrup.
9. Stir well by adding warm ghee.
10. Add golden roasted cashew, raisins and cardamom.
11. Combine by stirring gently.
12. Serve hot with lipsmacking crispy Vada combination.
Happy Ponga, it looks like fun, can I come and join you? LOL Diane
ReplyDeleteHappy Pongal..this looks amazing.
ReplyDeletelooks delicious...happy pongal!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Ponggal! I ate this dishes before... I like it!
ReplyDeleteHappy Pongal..........sweet pongal luks yummy
ReplyDeleteHappy Pongal.. love the clicks... banana leaf adds a nice look to the dish
ReplyDeleteHappy Pongal...this looks yumm...
ReplyDeletePongal looks delicious! Let me try your recipe for the festival this time..
ReplyDeleteWish you Happy Pongal :)
Cheers!
Vani
Happy Shankranthi Jay! Pongal looks delicious!
ReplyDeletelovely recipe..awesome clicks..Happy pongal
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy the festival and have a prosperous one ! That dish looks really interesting much more like our Filipino dish but without the gorgeous spices , nuts & fruits ;D
ReplyDeleteHappy Pongal to you too, Jay! The sakkarai pongal looks absolutely gorgeous and delicious.
ReplyDeleteHappy Sankranti to you dear. Pongal looks awesome.
ReplyDeleteDeepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Wiash you happy Pongal too.
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays :)
ReplyDelete1st I though it is some sort of rice pudding :D
Love it
yummy recipe...I will try it soon....This makes me drool..Bookmarking it..
ReplyDeletehappy pongal
Aarthi
http://yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com/
This looks so delicious. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSuper delicious,thanks for sharing..
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious..
ReplyDeletebut where is the Festival? India?
Thanks for sharing your love..
ReplyDeleteits nice to get a word of encouragement from you friends..:)
Yes Mane..also celebrated all over worldwide by Indians..:)
ReplyDeleteHappy pongal dear......Super delicious festival spl..love it
ReplyDeletelooks yummy.........
ReplyDeleteHappy Pongal!!!!!!!!!
that looks yummy..very nice recipe..happy pongal!!
ReplyDeleteNice recipe.......Wish you a Happy Pongal.
ReplyDeleteyummy pongal, looks delicious Jay..please grab an award from my space :)
ReplyDeleteHmmm. I am not sure about this one. I have honestly made 2 different dishes from your blog. Thanks! They haven't come out nearly as nice as yours.
ReplyDeleteWish you happy Pongal!. This is a delicius recipe.
ReplyDeleteGood day
Happy Pongal Wishes Jay, sakkara pongal looks simply irresistible.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the honour Shoba..:)
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for taking time to leave ur valuable thoughts..:)
ReplyDeleteWishing you a very happy pongal..!
Happy Pongal. I am getting ready to make pongal.
ReplyDeleteQue rico tiene que estar este arroz, tus platos me causan mucha curiosidad y unas ganas de probarlos tremendas :)
ReplyDeletedelicious looking pongal
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Happy Pongal...Super yummy recipe..
ReplyDeleteJust mouthwatering...looks so fresh & delicious...have a sweet pongal!
ReplyDeletehappy pongal! had the exact same thing today! hehe... looks yum!
ReplyDeleteHappy Pongal Jay. Had this today that my mother-in-law made for us. Your pics look delicious
ReplyDeleteHappy Pongal Jay! The dish is looking so delicious and very tempting!
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Happy Pongal Jay...Your pongal looks vibrant and yum!
ReplyDeleteI hope the Pongal I make tomorrow turns out like this too! Absolutely mouth watering!
ReplyDeleteBuenísima receta, Jay. Un arroz de postre y no es el clásico español, arroz con leche...
ReplyDeleteEnhorabuena por la creatividad.
Gracias por compartir la receta.
Un saludo.
Juan Carlos.
Not sure about this one. But my friends loved one of your earlier recipe. I noticed it had been shared on my FB account. So that is a good thing. Have a great day!
ReplyDeletelooks interesting ...will try it soon :)
ReplyDeleteDelicious Sweet Pongal, very tempting :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Sankranti
ReplyDeleteHappy Pongal sweet pongal
Lovely one Jay. A very Happy Pongal to you.
ReplyDeleteIt does look delicious for sure, thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteit looks like quite a good combination of ingredients! I've never heard of it but it seems like a rice pudding with more delicious ingredients
ReplyDeleteMindenesetre nagyon érdekes édesség:)
ReplyDeletehappy pongal jay!
ReplyDeletesweet and simple.haven't tried it. is the rice basmati?
hi jay, never seen this dish before and you do have a lot of celebrations throughout the year.
ReplyDeletehave a nice day
Great post Jay, sweet pongal looks delicious. I am announcing Valentines Special – my 1st blog event and a Giveaway.!. Please do be a part of it and send in your recipes..! :)
ReplyDeleteoh this looks great with those cashews!
ReplyDeleteJay,
ReplyDeleteHappy pongal. Looks super delicious, Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Catarina!
Happy pongal, Jay. This looks delicious and I love cashews.
ReplyDeleteThis one lookalikes our Chinese dim sum - loh mai kai in Cantonese.
ReplyDeletePongal looks so very yum,wish I could virtually taste it.Hope you had a wonderful Pongal.
ReplyDeleteWhat a delicious and healthy recipe! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
ReplyDeleteirresistable & droooolworthy.
ReplyDeleteit's drooling...
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Deeelish!
ReplyDeleteDrooling here...yummy looking
ReplyDeleteHermosa y deliciosa receta me encanta,sabrosa y hermoso plato,abrazos hugs,hugs.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY PONGAL, JEYANTHI!!!
ReplyDeleteMissing the blog world.... Got caught up with other things... Hope to come back soon.
oh! this i have to try :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Pongal Jay....yummy sweet pongal
ReplyDeleteAwww that was pretty cool. I like the looks of your pongal recipe, look so delish and tempting, makes me crave for something sweet.
ReplyDeleteMy best pongal greetings to you and your family.
Anne Walker @
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