Sweet Pongal is a sweet and buttery porridge-like dish . Sweet pongal is often made during festivals in various parts of South India. This mouth-watering and easy dessert can be made at home with simple ingredients like jaggery, moong dal, milk, rice and dry fruits. Sweet pongal is also known as chakkara pongali & sakkarai pongal. Sweet pongal is a wholesome and delectable dish that’s a must-try for people who love South Indian food. So, try out this easy sweet pongal recipe for your loved ones and relish its amazing flavors! Here we bring you an authentic Chakkara Pongal Recipe that’s not only quick but, can be easily made at home. The Chakkara Pongal recipe we listed here is most basic of Indian recipes also one of the tastiest! Trying this Chakkara Pongal recipe at home is an easy way to get a delicious meal.

Chakkara Pongal /sweet pongal Ingredients:

½ cup rice ⅓ to ½ cup

moong dal / pesara pappu ½ cup

powdered or grated jaggery or palm sugar

⅛ tsp. green cardamom powder

Small Pinch of edible camphor / pacha karpooram (optional)

2 to 3 tbsp. Ghee (you can reduce it to 1)

1 tbsp. raisins

1 to 2 tbsp. Cashews broken

1 to 2 cloves (optional) few chopped

coconut pieces sliced or chopped (optional)

Method: Add moong dal / pesara pappu and rice to a heavy bottom pan or pressure cooker and roast it till they turn fragrant .Wash them at least 2 to 3 times. Pour 2 ¼ cups of water. Cook till soft either in the pressure cooker for 2 whistles or in the pot. Pour ¼ cup water to grated jaggery. On a low flame stir and melt it. Keep this aside. When the pressure from the cooker is down, remove the lid and mash the rice. Filter jaggery syrup to the cooked rice dal . Add green cardamom powder. Mix and cook on a medium flame till the jaggery syrup blends well with rice. It should begin to bubble up well. Off the stove. Heat a pan with ghee, add coconut pieces and fry them till they turn aromatic. Add them to the rice. To the pan, add cashews, clove and fry till golden, off the stove and add raisins, camphor. Mix this with the rice.