Sweet Pongal

Ingredients list for Sweet Pongal

• 1 1/2 cups Kolum rice soaked
• 1/2 cup Split green gram

Method

1. Boil milk in a deep non stick pan, add 1½ cups water and mix. Add rice and let it cook, stirring frequently.
2. Meanwhile dry roast moong dal in another non stick pan. When lightly coloured, transfer into a bowl, wash and drain. Add it to the pan with milk and rice and mix and cook, stirring frequently.
3. Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a small non stick pan, add raisins and cashewnuts and sauté till golden. Transfer into a bowl. When rice and dal are cooked, add jaggery, and mix. Add 2 tbsps ghee and cook.
4. Heat 1 tbsp ghee in the second pan, add coconut and sauté lightly. Add this to the rice-dal mixture.  Add cashewnuts and raisins and mix. Add green cardamom powder and nutmeg and mix well. Add the remaining ghee and mix well.
5. Serve hot.