Chakarai & Paal Pongal Recipe (Sweet & Milk Pongal)
By: Sharmilee
Website: http://sharmis-passions.blogspot.com
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Category: Vegetarian
Dish type: Main Dish
Key ingredients: Chakarai Pongal - Ingredients Raw Rice - 1 cup Moong dhal - 1/4 cup Coconut - 1 tbsp [optional] Jaggery syrup -3/4 cup Cashews - few broken and fried in ghee Raisins - few fried in ghee Milk - 1 cup Ghee - 2 tbsp Elachi powdered - 2 tsp Ven Pongal - Ingr
Time: Less than 1 hour
Procedure:
Chakarai Pongal Method:
1.First roast moong dhal and keep aside.
2.Add water 3/4th of the size of the pot, then 1/2 cup milk and leave it to boil in the pot.
3.Rinse rice with water then add it with moongdhal in the rice pot. Add some water ,such that the rice is fully immersed.
4.Now add remaining milk and mix well.Allow rice to cook till mashy and add coconut.
5.After the rice is cooked well, add strained jaggery syrup and mix well.Now add coconut and keep stirring in low flame till it becomes thick and combined well. Add ghee, raisins, elachi powder at this stage, and garnish with cashews.Serve hot!
Paal Pongal Method:
Follow steps 1-4
5.Switch off flame, after rice is cooked well and is thick.Garnish with ghee fried cashews.Serve hot.
Don\'t skip coconut here as its the only main ingredient that gives flavour to the pongal.
Any veggie gravy will get along with this very well, so when combined and had, no salt is required!
