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    Home » Festival Recipes

    Last Updated: July 17, 2020 | First Published on: January 12, 2012 by Hari Chandana Ponnaluri

    Chakra Pongali ~ Sankranthi Festival Special Recipes

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    Ingredients :
    • Raw Rice : 1 cup
    • Moong Dal : ½ cup
    • Sugar : 1 cup
    • Ghee : 3 tablespoon + 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 ½ 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 🙂

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    Comments

    1. Prabhamani says

      January 12, 2012 at 4:23 pm

      Pongal looks awesome dear...Lovely pics 🙂

      Reply
    2. kitchen queen says

      January 12, 2012 at 4:25 pm

      yummy dish

      Reply
    3. Sharmilee! :) says

      January 12, 2012 at 4:25 pm

      Delicious pongal....

      Reply
    4. divya says

      January 12, 2012 at 4:25 pm

      Mouthwatering pongali.......hmmmm yummy yummy

      Reply
    5. Sukanya says

      January 12, 2012 at 10:15 pm

      oh that such a colorful and delicious pongal...happy sankranti to u

      Reply
    6. Vimitha Anand says

      January 12, 2012 at 4:46 pm

      All time favie... Looks yum...

      Reply
    7. Srimathi says

      January 12, 2012 at 11:47 pm

      Looking at all the pongal posts makes my mouth water. Looking forward to enjoying pongal over the weekend.

      Reply
    8. Nalini's Kitchen says

      January 12, 2012 at 6:46 pm

      Delicious pongal.....

      Reply
    9. Priya says

      January 12, 2012 at 7:02 pm

      Happy Sankrathi wishes dear, pongal looks fabulous and delicious.

      Reply
    10. Roshni says

      January 12, 2012 at 7:08 pm

      pongal looks really good. love your presentation. we use jaggery. using sugar is new to me

      Reply
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