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Kovil Sakkarai Pongal | Sweet Pongal Recipe

Posted on October 19, 2015 Category: Diwali Recipes, Easy Indian Sweet Recipes, Ganesh Chathurthi Recipes, Gokulashtami Recipes, Indian Festival Recipes, Karthigai Deepam Recipes, Pongal Recipes, Ugadi Festival Recipes

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This Kovil Sakkarai Pongal / Sweet Pongal Recipe is my first post in https://asmallbite.com and hence thought of posting this traditional sweet recipe. As an amateur in the blogging world, I have tried to provide this simple recipe with step-wise pictures and hope this will be useful to all. Please share your valuable comments in this blog so that it will be helpful to improve my blog.

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3. Paal / Milk Pongal
4. Pongal / 7 Kari Kootu

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Kovil Sakkarai Pongal | Sweet Pongal Recipe

Priya Santhamohan
This Kovil Sakkarai Pongal / Sweet Pongal Recipe is my first post in https://asmallbite.com and hence thought of posting this traditional sweet recipe.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 35 mins
Total Time 45 mins
Course Festival Recipes, Sweet
Cuisine South Indian
Servings 3 People
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 Cup Raw Rice / பச்சைஅரிசி
  • 3 to 4 tbsp Moong Dal / பாசிப்பருப்பு
  • 1/2 Cup Jaggery / வெல்லம்
  • 2 Cardamom / ஏலக்காய்
  • 1 Cloves / கிராம்பு
  • 1 Pinch Nutmeg Powder / ஜாதிக்காய் தூள்
  • 5 to 6 Cashew / Raisins
  • 1 Pinch Edible Camphor / பச்சை கற்பூரம் (Optional)
  • Few Strands Saffron / குங்குமப்பூ (Optional)
  • Salt / உப்பு (A small pinch)
  • 2.5 Cup Water / தண்ணீர்
  • 3 to 4 tbsp Ghee / நெய் Link for ghee

Instructions
 

  • Heat ½ tsp of ghee, fry cashews, raisins, cloves and elachi. Switch off flame, add nutmeg powder and give a quick stir. Keep by side.
  • In the same kadai, roast moong dal till golden brown. Wash rice and pressure cook dal and rice with water and salt for 5 whistles.
  • Mash it well. In a kadai pour little water and add powder jaggery. Heat and melt it.
  • Strain through a filter and pour over the mashed rice. Cook the pongal in medium flame for 5 minutes. Add ghee at regular intervals. Finally add fried cashews, raisins, cloves, elaichi and saffron soaked in little warm milk.
    Tasty pongal is ready, serve hot with ghee drizzled on top.

Notes

Tips for Sweet Pongal Recipe

1. Don’t add edible camphor or nutmeg powder more than mentioned, it gives bitterness to the Sweet pongal recipe.
2. Use 'Paagu Vellam' to get dark colour kovil sakkarai pongal
3. Use good quality ghee for nice flavour. Also add little more ghee than mentioned to get soft and rich pongal.
4. Add little warm milk if the pongal is dry.
5. Old rice require more water, new rice need little less water, so add water accordingly.
Keyword Kovil sakkarai Pongal Recipe, Sweet Pongal Recipe

 

Kovil Sakkarai Pongal Recipe

Kovil Sakkarai Pongal Recipe

Method for Kovil Sakkkarai Pongal Recipe

1. Heat ½ tsp of ghee, fry cashews, raisins, cloves and elachi. Switch off flame, add nutmeg powder and give a quick stir. Keep by side.
Kovil Sakkarai Pongal Steps1
2. In the same kadai, roast moong dal till golden brown. Wash rice and pressure cook dal and rice with water and salt for 5 whistles.
Kovil Sakkarai Pongal Steps2
3. Mash it well. In a kadai pour little water and add powder jaggery. Heat and melt it.
Sweet Pongal Recipe Steps3
4. Strain through a filter and pour over the mashed rice. Cook the pongal in medium flame for 5 minutes. Add ghee at regular intervals. Finally add fried cashews, raisins, cloves, elaichi and saffron soaked in little warm milk.
Sweet Pongal Recipe Steps4
Tasty Kovil Sakkarai pongal is ready, serve hot with ghee drizzled on top.
Sweet Pongal Recipe

Sweet Pongal Recipe

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  1. Santha Mohan

    October 19, 2015 at 5:48 am

    Nice recipe and a good start. Congrats keep going.

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  2. Knath m

    October 21, 2015 at 6:38 am

    Cooking steps are easy to follow. Well written. Congrats.

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