- 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
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 🙂







Prabhamani says
Pongal looks awesome dear...Lovely pics 🙂
kitchen queen says
yummy dish
Sharmilee! :) says
Delicious pongal....
divya says
Mouthwatering pongali.......hmmmm yummy yummy
Sukanya says
oh that such a colorful and delicious pongal...happy sankranti to u
Vimitha Anand says
All time favie... Looks yum...
Srimathi says
Looking at all the pongal posts makes my mouth water. Looking forward to enjoying pongal over the weekend.
Nalini's Kitchen says
Delicious pongal.....
Priya says
Happy Sankrathi wishes dear, pongal looks fabulous and delicious.
Roshni says
pongal looks really good. love your presentation. we use jaggery. using sugar is new to me