Ingredients:
- Rice – 1/2 cup
- Ghee – 125 ml
- Boiled Milk – 1/2 Cup
- Cashew – 10 to 15
- Raisins / (kishmish) – 10 – 15
- Jaggery – 350 ml
- Cardamom powder / Elaichi powder – 1/4 Spoon
Instructions:
Step – 1:
Add one spoon ghee & 1/2 cup of rice, cook for 2 mins.
Step – 2:
Add half a cup of milk. (Boiled chilled milk) & Add 1 cup of water, close the cooker lid and cook for 3 whistles.
Step – 3:
To a pan, add some ghee and add Cashew, Raisins / (kishmish). Fry them to a nice golden color & Keep aside.
Step – 4:
(Let’s make the Jaggery Syrup):
Use the same pan, add 1 cup of water & 350gm jaggery. Boil till it becomes liquid. Keep aside
Step – 5:
Now, open the cooker lid and mash the cooked rice well.
Step – 6:
Switch on the stove, add 1 & 1/2 cup of jaggery water and mix it well. Keep stir on low flame, once the rice thickens, add the cardamom powder.
Step – 7:
Finally, add the fried cashew, kismis & stir. Add a little ghee if you want and stir and cook 2 minutes & switch off the stove.
Tasty sweet Pongal ready…
Watch the video attached in this post to understand more clearly.