Instant Pot Sakkarai Pongal, Sweet Pongal in 15 mins
Instant Pot Sakkarai Pongal in 15 mins. Sweet Pongal recipe using Instant Pot Quick and Easy Sakkarai Pongal Recipe for beginners. Festivals will not end without making chakkarai pongal or payasam in TamilNadu. Since varalakshmi nombu, vinayagar chathuri, and many fasetivals are around the corner. Thought to share simple sakkarai pongal recipe in Instant Pot, it may be helpful for the begeinners. If you want to make Kovil Sakkarai Pongal in Vengala Paanai Method(Brass Pot) check here or Iyengar Sakkarai Pongal using Pressure Cooker Check here. Also i have share Authentic Iyengar Akkaravadisal Recipe is here.
Today is Aadi Veli Fisrt week made Sakkarai Pongal and Medhu Vadai for Amman Neivedyam. Sakkarai Pongal with Homemade Ghee and Pachai Karpooram, now you can feel its aroma. Adding Pachai Karpooram brings the kovil Prasadham Taste, so make this for Aadi Velli or any special occasions, and get blessings.
What is Sakkarai Pongal?
“sakkarai” means Sweet(vellam/jaggery) and “Pongal”, means “to boil, overflow” and refers to the traditional dish prepared with rice boiled in milk with jaggery (raw sugar) most of the occations in TamilNadu Prepares Sakkarai Pongal.
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Recipe Card for Sakkarapongal:
Instant Pot Sakkarai Pongal
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw rice
- 2 tbsp moong dal
- 4 cups water
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 10 cashews
- 10 raisins
- 1/4 tsp cardamom
- a pinch edible camphor
Instructions
Heat a Pressure Cooker or in Saute mode on IP add 1 tbsp ghee, add 10 cashews and fry till it turns golden and then add raisins to fry, once its starts to bubbles transfer it to a plate.
- Now add 2 tbsp moong dal fry till you get the nice aroma and then add in 1 cup raw rice, ¼ cup milk and add 4 cups of water, close the lid make sure the vent is sealed and pressure cook for 15 mins. In a pressure cooker 4 whistles.
- Open the lid when pressure released naturally and add 1 cup jaggery + ¼ tsp cardamom powder, and mix well.v
Let the jaggery dissolve, Keep in saute mode low. Let it cook for 2 to 5 mins till the pongal thickens. add the fried cashews and raisins, and Pachai karpooram(edible Camphor) mix well.
Finally Tharalama(generously) Ghee, Sweet pongal is ready for neivedyam!
Notes
Step by step Procedure of making Sakkarai Pongal Using Instant Pot:
On the Instant Pot and keep in Saute mode(medium), wait till it the pot gets heat up. In 3 to 5 seconds the pot will get heat now add 1 tbsp ghee, add 10 cashews and fry till it turns golden and then add raisins fry well, once its starts to bubbles, remove it transfer it to a plate.
wash 2 tbsp moong dal, drain the water and then add it to the instant pot, there is some ghee leftover after frying the cashews so no need to add more ghee. Just fry in the same pot, fry till you get the nice aroma. No need to fry till golden.
Now add in 1 cup raw rice(wash the rice before use), ¼ cup thick milk(if you are vegan you can use 1/4 cup coconut milk too) and add 4 cups of water, close the lid make sure the vent is sealed and pressure cook for 15 mins.
Open the lid when pressure released naturally and add 1 cup jaggery + ¼ tsp cardamom powder, and mix well.
Let the jaggery dissolve, Keep in saute mode(low). Let it cook for 2 to 5 mins till the pongal thickens. add the fried cashews and raisins, and a small pinch Pachai karpooram(edible Camphor) mix well.
Finally Tharalama(generously) Ghee, Sweet pongal is ready for neivedyam!
- Adding milk give nice taste and rich texture to pongal so dont skip.
- Roasting dal in ghee is very important don’t burn it
- For best sakkarai pongal use raw rice(pachaarisi/sona masoori rice) and no to basmati rice.
- Rice and Water ratio is 1:4
More Sakkarai Pongal Varieties, Millet Sakkarai Pongal, Brown rice Sakkarai Pongal, Sweet Pongal.
Hope you like this Recipe, Do try and let me know your Feedback!
Happy Cooking!
