Skip to main content

Sweet Pongal

SHAKKARPONGAL / SWEET PONGAL




Good day friends,


I prepared Shakkarapongal / sweet pongal.A South Indian delicious sweet dish most importantly prepared during Pongal.Its also prepared as prasadam /prasad on special occasions at every South Indian homes and temples.It is one of my most favourite dish.I even don't mind standing in queue to get sweet pongal as prasadam in temples.

Ingredients-:
Raw Rice - 1/2 cup
Moong Dal dhuli / Pasiparappu - 4-5 tbsp
Jaggery / Gud / Vellam - 1/2 cup  ( depends on sweetness you want)
Cashews and raisins - around 10
Cardamon - 2
Ghee / Clarified butter - 1/4 cup  + 1 tbsp 


Recipe -
 Dry roast 4-5 tbsp moongDal  in a kadai / vessel.Wash and clean 1/2 cup rice.Mix Dal and rice ,add 2 cups water and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.In another vessel take  1/2 cup jaggery and add little water.When the jaggery get dissolved strain the mixture.Again heat the jaggery syrup and add boiled rice and Dal mixture well.Add ghee at regular intervals.This recipe requires lot of ghee for flavour and taste but you can add accordingly to taste. I added only 1/4 cup ghee. Soon the mixture would come together.Add crushed cardamon powder and switch off gas.In a tb spoon ghee roast 8-10 cashews and raisins and pour on the pongal.Mix well and serve.
In a tbsp ghee roast 8-10 cashews and raisins and pour on the pongal. 


You can find many more recipes in my blog.All my recipes are tried and tested.You can also find some recipes in my You Tube channel by the name of ''SUDHA'S VEG KITCHEN''.Link provided below-:

Please visit  my channel for more recipes :

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCi_TyYpOdtQplclnHje9yQ

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Plain Bread Pakora

BREAD PAKORA Bread Pakora Hi friends, Here I am sharing with you all an easy recipe with bread called bread pakora.Bread is readily  available in most houses .You can do  this snack very quickly not only for your kids but also for your  guests. Preparation-5 min Cooking time-5min  Ingredients-: Besan-1 cup Bread slices-4 Red chilli powder-1 tbsp Turmeric/Haldi-1/2 tsp Sabji masala-1 tbsp Oil-To fry Salt-To taste Water-to make batter                   First of all take out the sides of bread and cut them into square or triangular shapes. Take besan in a flour and add red chilli powder,turmeric,sabji masala and salt.                                    Add  water to make a thick batter(dropping consistency). Heat oil in kadai/vessel Dip a square or triangle shaped cut bread pieces in the besan batter and put in hot oil. Fry both sides till golden brown. S
2 comments
Read more

ASPARAGUS BEANS/BARBATTI SABZI

ASPARAGUS BEANS/BARBATTI SABZI /PORIYAL Preparation Time-10 min Cooking Time -10 -15 min Ingredients Long beans/Asparagus beans/ Barbatti-250 g Dry red chillies-2 Mustard seeds-1 tsp White urad dal-1 tsp Turmeric-a pinch Hing-a pinch Salt-to taste Water-4 tbs Oil-2 tps Coconut-to garnish Process 1) Firstly wash and then finely chop the beans. 2) Heat oil in kadai .After it heats add mustard seeds ,urad dal,red chillies,hing.Saute for half a minute. 3) Add chopped  asparagus beans ,little water and mix well. 4) Add  salt to taste and cover it to cook in steam. 5) Cover the kadai to let the sabzi cook in steam. 6) Keep checking inbetween  to see that the veggies are soft and cooked . 7) Cook for few minutes till the water is soaked .Keep stirring in between. 8) Our sabzi is ready .We can garnish with coconut . 9) Asparagus beans /Barbatti is ready to be eaten with rice,sambar or with dal and roti
Post a Comment
Read more

THEKUA

THEKUA /KHAJUR/THIKARI/WHOLEWHEAT COOKIES                 'Thekua' is the traditional recipe of Bihar,Jharkhand situated in Eastern part of our country India.It is a sweet dish  offered to God during their festival 'Chhath Puja'.I love this recipe very much .This sweet dish can be prepared with jaggery and sugar both .Today I will be sharing the sugar version of this recipe.It will serve as an afterschool snacks for kids .It tastes like  biscuit which you can serve as evening snacks too.Hope you will like it. Preparation time -25-30 min Cooking time-6-7 min (per batch) INGREDIENTS WHOLEWHEAT FLOUR /ATTA -1 CUP POWDERED SUGAR -1/2 CUP SEMOLINA /SOOJI -1/4 CUP FENNEL SEEDS / SAUNF -1 TSP CARDAMON PODS -2 CLARIFIED BUTTER /GHEE -1 SMALL BOWL(4-5 TBSP) WATER -AS REQUIRED SCRAPED COCONUT -2 TBSP Wholewheat flour/powdered sugar/semolina Fennel seeds /crushed cardamon   Clarified butter /Ghee  Scraped coconut                 
Post a Comment
Read more