SWEET PONGAL

INGREDIENTS

• broken wheat – 3/4 cup
• moong dal – 1/4 cup
• water – 3 1/2 cup + 1/2 cup for jaggery
• ghee – 5 tablespoons
• milk – 1/2 cup
• jaggery – 1/2 cup
• cashew nuts – 10

  

  Broken Wheat Pongal

Preparation

• Heat 2 teaspoon of ghee in a pressure cooker.  Add the broken wheat rava and saute well for a few minutes.  To this add  dal with 31/2 cups of water.  Pressure cook for 5 whistles.  Turn off the flame and wait till the pressure subsides.
• Add grated jaggery and water into a bowl.  Boil them until jaggery dissolves.  Stir well until the jaggery dissolves completely.  Strain the jaggery water to remove all the impurities.
• Add the jaggery syrup to the pressure cooked wheat and keep cooking.
• Cook for a few minutes until the jaggery water gets mixed well.  Add 2 teaspoon of ghee at a time and keep cooking.  Add in milk and keep cooking.
• Heat ghee in a pan.  Add cashew nuts and saute until it becomes golden brown.  Add the a pinch of cardamom powder to the wheat pongal.
•  Delicious broken wheat sweet pongal is ready to EAT.