Samai Sakkarai Pongal recipe in 5 easy steps

Samai Sakkarai Pongal Recipe with step by step pics. Want to Learn how to make Pongal in 5 easy steps? Know the perfect ratio of rice and jaggery to make Pongal. Pongal festival is around the corner jan 15 2016 and everyone wants to make healthy Pongal and this is a very good option of make samai sakkarai Pongal. Little millet sweet Pongal recipe is very healthy. A Happy news is that this is my first millets recipe in my blog hopefully  will post more millet recipes here Happy Bhogi to all !!!

Sakkarai Pongal is a traditional sweet which can be made in South Indian homes. Traditional Sakkarai pongal,can be make in an earthen pot or vengala panai (Tamil) on the Pongal festival. We use to keep 2 vengala panai on stove one is for milk Pongal (Paal Pongal ) and the other one is for sakkarai Pongal (sweet Pongal). It’s really very tasty if we make Pongal is made in panai than in pressure cooker only thing is that panai takes more time than a pressure cooker. Simply we need patients that’s it.If you want to know the Procedure for the Pongal Festival Check this Complete guide for Pongal Festival

Every year I will make Pongal and will send to my friends home also. But all became health conscious now a day. Even my family members refuse to take rice. That’s why I have planned this year I will be making samai Pongal for this Pongal festival. If you another healthy version of pongal check Brown Rice Sakkarai Pongal Recipe.

Let see step by step method for Samai Sakkarai Pongal,

Step 1: Heat a tsp of ghee in a pan and fry the cashews and raisins.Once it turns golden take it out and then fry the moong dal in the same pan,till slightly golden.

Step 2: Then pressure cook samai rice and fried dal with enough water till it become soft.

step 3: Add the cooked dal and rice mix in a pan or kadai, add in the crushed jaggery(you can add the jaggery syrup) cardamom powder and nut meg,mix well.

step 4: Once the pongal start thick consistancy add in the fried cashews and raisins.

step 5: Finally add in the remaining ghee and serve hot:)

This is how a quick Milet Sakkarai Pongal was made:) do try them and have a happy and healthy pongal…

Quick Recap of Samai Sakkarai Pongal Recipe,

Samai Sakkarai Pongal recipe in 5 easy steps

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

40 mins

 

Samai Sakkarai Pongal is a sweet pongal recipe made with the healthy samai(millet) ,jaggery and dashing of ghee fried cashwes and raisins...

Author: Premalatha Aravindhan

Recipe type: sweet

Cuisine: South Indian

Serves: 3

Ingredients

• ½ cup samai
• ⅓ cup moong dal
• 5 raisins
• 5 cashews
• 2 and ½ tbsp ghee
• 1 and ¾ cup water(cooking the dal n rice)
• ½ cup grated jaggery

Instructions

1. Heat a tsp of ghee in a pan and fry the cashews and raisins.Once it turns golden take it out and then fry the moong dal in the same pan,till slightly golden.
2. Then pressure cook samai rice and fried dal with enough water till it become soft.
3. Add the cooked dal and rice mix in a pan or kadai, add in the crushed jaggery(you can add the jaggery syrup) cardamom powder and nut meg,mix well.
4. Once the pongal start thick consistancy add in the fried cashews and raisins.
5. Finally add in the remaining ghee and serve hot:)
6. This is how quickly a Milet Sakkarai Pongal was made:) do try them and have a happy and healthy pongal.

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