Recipe for Sweet Pongal

Introduction

Things required for the recipe

1. one measure rice
   
2. three-fourth measure moong daal
   
3. one half measure jaggery or one measure jaggery and half measure sugar as per personal liking
   
4. five measure water or milk as per like
   
5. half measure ghee
   
6. cashew nuts and raisins (kishmish)
   
7. little cardamom (elaichi) powder
   
8. yellow or orange food color - optional
   

Directions for preparing the recipe

• Take rice and moong daal in a container and wash it in clean water
  
• As per convenience either pressure cook it with water or cook it in a container with milk. Note that cooking in pressure cooking using water will be faster than cooking with milk in a container.
  
• Once it is cooked soft, take it out from pressure cooker add jaggery / sugar and cook it further over low flame so that the jaggery melts to liquid and then slowly starts condensing.
  
• Once it is done, becomes syrupy, turn off the flame.
  
• Heat ghee in a pan and fry cashew nuts and raisins.
  
• Add these to the cooked sweet rice and also add cardamom powder.
  
• In case one wants to add color, it can be added but this is not recommended.