Temple Style Sakkarai Pongal Recipe

Temple Style Sakkarai Pongal

Happy Pongal to All😊😊. Today we are going to learn how to make temple style sakkarai pongal with my personal touch.

Ingredients :

Raw Rice - 1 cup
Moong dal - 1 cup
Jaggery - 250 gm(grated)
Water - 5 cups
Ghee - 3 tbsp
Cashew nuts - 2 tbsp (broken)
Raisins - 1 tbsp
Green Cardamom Powder - 1/2 tsp
Edible Camphor - small pinch ( optional)
Salt - small pinch (To balance the jaggery sweetness)

Method :

Heat a pan. Add moong dal n roast till it gets nice aroma. Turn-off the flame. keep it aside.

Once moong dal cools down , add rice to the same pan and wash them for 2-3 times.

Heat a Heavy bottomed pan with 5 cups of water. Bring to boil. Add the washed rice n moong dal into the pan. Cook until rice n moong dal cooked completely.

If you want to use pressure cooker, then cook it for 2 whistle in a low flame.

Mean time, Heat a small pan with 1/4 cup of water. Add grated jaggery, a pinch of salt in a medium flame. Stir it until jaggery melts completely. Filter the jaggery to remove any impurities with the help of strainer.

Now add the jaggery syrup, green cardamom powder n edible camphor into the cooked rice n moong dal. Mix it thoroughly.

Heat a seasoning pan with ghee. Fry cashew nuts n raisins till it turns to golden colour.

Add this fried cashews n raisins into the Sakkarai pongal. Blend it well.

Delicious Temple Style Sakkarai Pongal is ready to serve.

Love Cook Joy.