Chakra Pongali | Sweet Pongal

Happy Sankrathi/Pongal to all my readers, friends and family !!!

Chakra Pongali  is a traditional sweet from south india made especially for the festivals and pujas. Sweet Pongal is prepared from rice, moong dal , jaggery and garnished with cashews and raisins which is very delicious and simple to prepare.

Cooking Time 45 - 60 min
Serves 3 - 4 Persons

Ingredients:

Rice	1 Cup
Moong Dal	½ Cup
Water	3 ½ - 4 Cups
Jaggery (Shredded)	1 ¼ Cup
Elachi Powder	½ Tsp

For Seasoning:

Ghee	4 Tbsp
Coconut pieces (Grated)	1 - 2 Tbsps
Cashews	10 - 15
Raisins	10

Process:

• Take a pan and fry Moong Dal in 1 tsp ghee until 2 min on medium flame.
• Wash rice and cook rice and moong dal with water in an electric rice cooker. (Can aslo use pressure cooker)
• After the rice is cooked, add the shredded jaggery and elachi powder and mix properly until the jaggery melts.  
• Lastly in a different pan fry cashews and coconut pieces in ghee.
• Remove them from the pan & add this to the pongali.
• Enjoy the sweet pongal.