Sweet Pongal with Daal Vada

Easy sweet with daal and rice this pongal is easy to prepare & is healthy as it is protein rich.
Also known as Paal Pongal this sweet is prepared on Sankranti festival, which is the festival of harvest

I have combined this with Daal vada which is a savoury daal fritters best side dish with Pongal: click here for  Daal Vada recipe

Ingredients for Sweet Pongal

Rice:2 cups

Moong daal(Yellow lentil): 1cup

Jaggery: 1+1/2cups

Milk: 4cups

Cashew & Raisins: ½ cup

Ghee: ¼ ^th cup

Cardmom Powder: ½ sp

Procedure is very simple:

You can Soak Daal & Rice separately for ½ an hr to make it cook soon

Heat a pressure cooker add 2sps ghee, add drained moong daal & fry

Then add drained Rice & fry it as well. Add 6 cups water & cook till soft(Pref 3-4 visels)

In a pan add ghee & fry the cashew & raisins

Meanwhile grate or pound  the Jaggery & keep it ready

Once the Rice & daal is cooked add Jaggery & mix cook for 5-10min till jaggery dissolves

Then add the milk and cook for 5 min, add Cardmom powder, Cashew & Raisins along with the ghee

Mix nicely. Sweet pongal is ready to be served.