Ingredients :
- Raw Rice : 1 cup
- Moong Dal : 1/2 cup
- Sugar : 1 cup
- Ghee : 3 tbsp + 1 tsp
- A pinch of Edible Camphor ( Pachha Karpooram )
- Cashews and Raisins
Method :
1. In a pan,
heat a teaspoon of ghee on medium flame. Add and roast the moong dal
until light golden color. Switch off the flame and set aside.
2. Put the
rinsed rice, roasted moong dal and 3 cups water in a pressure cooker and
cook till 3 whistles.
3. Turn off
the flame and wait until the pressure go off.
4. Heat the ghee in a pan. Add and fry the cashew nuts and raisins. Set aside when the
nuts turn golden brown color.
5. Mix the sugar and 1/2 cup of water in a
vessel and cook on a low flame till the sugar melts.
6. Now add the cooked
rice, edible camphor, fried cashews, raisins and ghee and mix well.
7.Cook for 5 minutes and switch off the flame. Serve and enjoy 🙂
Prabhamani says
January 12, 2012 at 4:23 pmPongal looks awesome dear…Lovely pics 🙂
kitchen queen says
January 12, 2012 at 4:25 pmyummy dish
Sharmilee! :) says
January 12, 2012 at 4:25 pmDelicious pongal….
divya says
January 12, 2012 at 4:25 pmMouthwatering pongali…….hmmmm yummy yummy
Vimitha Anand says
January 12, 2012 at 4:46 pmAll time favie… Looks yum…
Aarthi says
January 12, 2012 at 5:00 pmThis is such a yummy one…I would love to try it..U have made perfectly Dear..Bookmarking it..
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Madhavi says
January 12, 2012 at 6:25 pmLovely pongal!!
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Nalini's Kitchen says
January 12, 2012 at 6:46 pmDelicious pongal…..
Priya says
January 12, 2012 at 7:02 pmHappy Sankrathi wishes dear, pongal looks fabulous and delicious.
Roshni says
January 12, 2012 at 7:08 pmpongal looks really good. love your presentation. we use jaggery. using sugar is new to me
Suja says
January 12, 2012 at 9:56 pmDelicious,my favorite..
Sukanya says
January 12, 2012 at 10:15 pmoh that such a colorful and delicious pongal…happy sankranti to u
Srimathi says
January 12, 2012 at 11:47 pmLooking at all the pongal posts makes my mouth water. Looking forward to enjoying pongal over the weekend.
Home Cooked Oriya Food says
January 13, 2012 at 2:19 amlovely pongal dish…
Kaveri says
January 13, 2012 at 2:56 amNice pongal..we generally make it with jaggery. Happy Sankranthi
Chitra says
January 13, 2012 at 5:37 amnice. awesome clicks 🙂
jeyashrisuresh says
January 13, 2012 at 6:21 amyummy pongal, nice clicks
Kavi says
January 13, 2012 at 8:09 amwow.. this looks totally different from what my mom makes.. she puts jaggery so its more mushy.. I loved your version!
Kala says
January 13, 2012 at 8:39 amOh my gosh this looks absolutely delicioussss n lovely presentation n splendid clicks
suhaina aji says
January 13, 2012 at 9:18 ami love this payasam very much…looks very good.
Maayeka says
January 13, 2012 at 10:57 amNice pongal and beautiful clicks!!!
chitraj.hegde says
January 13, 2012 at 2:30 pmgr8 looking pongal…..my all time fav….clicks are making it more yummy….Happy Pongal..
faseela says
January 13, 2012 at 5:02 pmlovely pongal
Deeps @ Naughty Curry says
January 16, 2012 at 4:17 ambeautiful pic, looks yummy with all that dry fruit. 🙂 happy pongal / sankranti to you too